Note Relationships

My graph shows extends, contradicts, implements, alternative - not just two notes mentioning the same word.

Key Concept

• Four pair types in relationships frontmatter show how ideas push and pull - not just that two notes mention each other.
• Level 1: Four link types show how ideas build on, fight, carry out, or swap with each other - like signs on roads that say merge, stop, detour, or share lane, not just that two streets cross.
• Level 2: Note relationships use four pair types in frontmatter - extends, contradicts, alternative, implements - to show push and pull.
• Level 3: Relationships frontmatter names how ideas relate - not co-mention, but whether one builds on, fights, or swaps with another.
• Level 4: When you link two notes, pick one relationship type - that edge beats ten tags that only say both notes exist.
• Level 5: Linking by Meaning supplies the edges; typed relationships keep the garden honest when Atomic Notes bump without folder proximity.
• Extends asks what this idea builds on; contradicts names the tradeoff it pushes against.
• Implements names what makes the idea real; alternative names another path that does the job.

Examples

• I am updating the family chore chart and add “feeds into: Saturday yard work” next to “take out trash” plus “conflicts with: bedtime when done late” before I tape it to the fridge.
• The coach's whiteboard lists “feeds into: secondary break” beside each drill - players see how today's reps connect before they leave the gym.

Note Relationships