Ideas in this flowchart

• Related ideas are connected by meaning.
• Related ideas are knowledge units.
• Their relation is based on meaning.
• They are not connected only by publication position.
• Position in a publication is not the only basis for connection.
• Ideas may explain similar subjects.
• Ideas may provide evidence.
• Ideas may describe causes.
• Ideas may describe effects.
• Causes and effects can be connected.
• Ideas may present opposing arguments.
• These relationships connect ideas.
• Connected ideas can form a broader network.
• The network represents knowledge.
• The network links knowledge units.