Wikilinks

• a [[thing]].

  • [[pull]] [[wikilink]]
    • I'm excited about [[wikilinks everywhere]].
  • [[alternate names]]
    • [[vera]] suggested we rename these. Some brainstorming follows
      • [[multilinks]]: as they are unlike regular links in that they can point to many different places -- which particular URL they resolve to depends on the user clicking them.
      • [[querylinks]] ([[qlinks]]?): as they essentially behave as queries in the agora. queries return relevant subnodes/resources.
      • [[nodelinks]] as they map to nodes in the agora.
        • [[edges]]?
    • [[neil]] [[hyphalinks]]

• [[tweet]] https://twitter.com/flancian/status/1437079541860769803

  

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wikilinks

• im also tempted to rebrand wikilinks
  • it's kinda a weird word
  • it's not the selling point for people to join the [[agora]] I thought it was going to be
• wikilinks are cool, I just feel like they need a cooler name
• potential alternative names
  • netlinks

Wikilinks Everywhere

• A [[project]]. [[open source]].
  • The [[goal]] is to make [[wikilinks]] work everywhere on the internet.
    • A [[wikilink]] is any entity or phrase surrounded by two square brackets.
    • [[wikilinks]] can be [[lazily resolved]] in a user chosen [[context]].
      • Default context: an [[agora]] of the user's choice.
  • It has a [[browser extension]] component.
    • The [[user]] can install an extension and see "dead" [[wikilinks]] "come to life" anywhere around the internet.
    • [[prototype]] [[agora ext]]
  • It has a [[social network]] component.
    • People could start using [[wikilinks]] on any platform that supports user generated [[content]] online, social networks being likely the most popular interfaces.
    • For the purpose of connecting to such platforms we'd like to develop an [[agora bridge]].
  • [[go]] https://docs.google.com/document/d/1h2kSuh7TntPj_XZ7BnLPDwtwshq7skzF3BIYwLgVquA/edit#
  • [[chat]] https://app.element.io/#/room/#wikilinks:matrix.org pull
  • [[tweet]] https://twitter.com/flancian/status/1337835415215202308
  • See also [[agora rfcs]], in particular 0 and 2.

[[2021-04-14]]

The plan is to get in at least two pomodoros in this to advance it somehow in the direction of a prototype. Will try to build on [[agora ext]].