Ideas in this flowchart

• A knowledge hierarchy organizes information.
• Information is arranged from broad subjects.
• The hierarchy moves toward increasingly specific ideas.
• Broad subjects provide the upper level of the structure.
• Specific ideas provide more detailed levels.
• A publication can contain organized divisions.
• The publication contains major divisions.
• Major divisions contain smaller divisions.
• Smaller divisions form subordinate sections.
• The structure contains individual knowledge units.
• Individual knowledge units represent specific ideas.
• The structure helps readers understand information.
• Readers can understand where an idea belongs.
• An idea belongs within a larger subject.
• The larger subject provides the surrounding context.