Pillars · The claim to it · Element
The occupants
Who is already publishing on the subject, and how well.
The part
What it is
Read from what an audience would find if they went looking today, not from a list of competitors. The occupant is often not a competitor at all.
A strongly held subject is not automatically closed, but entering it costs more and takes longer, and that should be known before the first piece is commissioned.
The smallest level
The attributes it carries
Each attribute is one of the framework’s shared types. What a date is, and how it is written, is defined once for the whole model — the note here says what it means in this particular place.
Displaceable
Whether the position could realistically be taken, given what it would cost.
Choice shared type
The other elements in the claim to it
The authority
What the organisation knows that others do not.
LearnThe gap
What is not being said, which is the opening.
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