<h1 id="bare-node">bare node<a aria-hidden="true" class="anchor-heading icon-link" href="#bare-node"></a></h1>
<p><strong>Bare nodes</strong> are <a href="/sflo/notes/mesh-node">mesh node</a>s that contain other mesh nodes. Their <a href="/sflo/notes/identifier">identifier</a></p>
<h2 id="function">Function<a aria-hidden="true" class="anchor-heading icon-link" href="#function"></a></h2>
<ul>
<li>namespace extenders and perhaps organizational containers</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Mandatory Components</strong>: <code>_meta/</code> + <code>_node-handle/</code>
<strong>Optional Components</strong>: <a href="/sflo/notes/kr1y9tt3qljsbfy8lxm3u1g">meshnode config flows</a>, <a href="/sflo/notes/kjv2s38gz9xxk94szui293p">Documentation Resource</a></p>
<p>They are physically represented by <a href="/sflo/notes/hp9ckpez0pmuv270sn005gt">node folder</a>.</p>
<h2 id="purpose">Purpose<a aria-hidden="true" class="anchor-heading icon-link" href="#purpose"></a></h2>
<ul>
<li>scaffolding, grouping, deferred semantics</li>
<li>a secondary, optional function is as "semantic contextualizers", but bare nodes don't have any definitive <a href="/sflo/notes/referent">Referent</a> of their own. </li>
</ul>
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<strong>Backlinks</strong>
<ul>
<li><a href="/sflo/notes/h6ssv16gdyf56gg235dxv85">semantic mesh</a></li>
<li><a href="/sflo/notes/concept-summary">Concept Summary</a></li>
<li><a href="/sflo/notes/hp9ckpez0pmuv270sn005gt">node folder</a></li>
<li><a href="/sflo/notes/mesh-node">mesh node</a></li>
</ul>

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**Dereferenceable, versioned semantic meshes** will be the foundation for a new era of knowledge graphs.

[[now]] | [[todo]] | [[principle]] | [[dev.contributor.djradon.dev-log]]

## What Is Semantic Flow?

**Semantic Flow** is a framework for managing and publishing resource identifiers, knowledge graphs and other semantic data by leveraging GitHub, Gitlab, and other free static hosting services. It enables a **dereferenceable Semantic Web** where every HTTP IRI returns meaningful content.

[[concept.single-mesh-repo]] provide storage, [[concept.mesh]] provide resource management and publishing, and [[concept.semantic-flow-site]] support data discovery and explainability.

## Benefits

- own your own self-describing data and data schemas
- complete version history when you want it
- reliable persistence
- truly FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable)

## Features

- seamlessly integrate other data sources anywhere in your mesh
- generate and customize mini-sites or single-page applications for nodes in your mesh
- see [[feature]] for a list of planned features
