<h1 id="denotation">denotation<a aria-hidden="true" class="anchor-heading icon-link" href="#denotation"></a></h1>
<p>Denotation is what an <a href="/sflo/notes/identifier">identifier</a> stands for —- the resource it names in your data and reasoning.</p>
<h2 id="examples">Examples<a aria-hidden="true" class="anchor-heading icon-link" href="#examples"></a></h2>
<ul>
<li>&#x3C;ns/djradon/> might denote the person known as "dj radon" (a "concrete" referent <a href="/sflo/notes/referent">Referent</a>)</li>
<li>&#x3C;ns/djradon/playlists/1996-11-10/> might denote a dataset which specifies the tracks played on a radio show (a more "abstract" referent)</li>
</ul>
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<strong>Backlinks</strong>
<ul>
<li><a href="/sflo/notes/identifier">identifier</a></li>
<li><a href="/sflo/notes/referent">Referent</a></li>
<li><a href="/sflo/notes/17l23vl7sqg997hr773dh23">intramesh identifier</a></li>
<li><a href="/sflo/notes/payload-node">paylod 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
