Index documents are the primary method of structuring the semantic tree. They are one of the central document types to this template (besides entry doctypes and [[post-type]]s).

Navigate

• Via the tag map page.
• Via wikirefs.

Markdown

Index files build the semantic tree, which can be viewed on the tag map page. They are placed in the ./content/index/ directory and each file should contain a markdown outline with wikirefs that typically point to entry doctypes (but can point to any document type). They may or may not contain yaml [[frontmatter]].

Documents should look like this (minus comments):

(escape chars ’\’ added to ensure raw text display)

// file: i.bonsai.md

- [[bk.how-to-read-a-book]]
  - [[read]]
    - [[4-levels-of-reading]]
      - [[elementary-reading]]
      - [[inspectional-reading]]
      - [[analytical-reading]]
      - [[syntopical-reading]]

The tree may also be broken up into multiple index files:

// file: i.bonsai.md

- [[bk.how-to-read-a-book]]
  - [[i.read]]

// file: i.read.md

- [[4-levels-of-reading]]
  - [[elementary-reading]]
  - [[inspectional-reading]]
  - [[analytical-reading]]
  - [[syntopical-reading]]

Both of the above examples will generate a tree that looks like this:

i.bonsai
└── bk.how-to-read-a-book
    └── i.read
        └── 4-levels-of-reading
          ├── elementary-reading
          ├── inspectional-reading
          ├── analytical-reading
          └── syntopical-reading