Scrapbox thing

- Metaphor for [tag - Tags and tagged objects are different - Several existing software offer the ability to “list objects with the same tag”. - Metaphor for link. - A link connects multiple like-linked objects. - Tends to implicitly assume that the linkage target exists at the present time

• Scrapbox thing.
  • Can connect pages to “pages that do not exist at this time
  • When multiple pages A, B, and C are connected to the same page X, navigation to the other two pages appears at the bottom of each page A, B, and C (2-hop link).
    • X can be a page that doesn’t exist.
    • When a non-existent = blank page is opened, navigation to each page connected to that page is displayed.
      • = Tag-like usage is possible.

What do you call “that thing” in light of this?

• I, like the official, think “link” is fine.
• However, many people don’t understand the feature of “being able to link to something that doesn’t exist,” so I think it’s better to explain it to them in a generous way.
• Calling it a “tag” is misleading to a narrow range of uses.
  • You can also write #tags and use them in a tag-like fashion.”
  • The Scrapbox thing is a more abstract function that encompasses both the “tag” function and the “link to something that exists” function.
    • Difficult to get used to because of its high level of abstraction, but useful once you get used to using it.

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