Ideas in this flowchart

• Separating important ideas into identifiable units
• Each important idea receives its own identifiable unit.
• Each unit can contain several descriptive elements.
• A title identifies the unit.
• An explanatory paragraph describes the idea.
• A position specifies where the unit belongs.
• Relationships connect the unit to other ideas.
• Metadata provides additional information about the unit.
• Smaller units are easier to handle independently.
• Smaller units are easier to search.
• Smaller units are easier to link.
• Smaller units are easier to compare.
• Smaller units are easier to summarize.
• Smaller units are easier to present independently.