node folder

Definition

A node folder is any folder that maps to a mesh node. Each node folder extends the namespace with its name and has a concept IRI that may refer to something.

• What a “namespace” is: see Namespace
• General node types and anatomy: see mesh node

Minimal requirements

• Every node folder must contain:
  • _node-handle/
  • _meta/

Node-specific flows (by type)

• bare node: no additional flows
• dataset node: requires _dataset-flow/ (Private)

Distributions must live inside flow snapshot folders (e.g., _default/, _working/, snapshot folders like 2025-11-24_0142_07_v1/). See resource.node-component.flow (Private) and resource.node-component.flow-snapshot (Private).

Example

/my-node/                     # node folder → https://ex.org/my-node/
├── _node-handle/             # required
├── _meta/               # required
└── _dataset-flow/               # required for dataset nodes

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Backlinks

• Concept Summary
• _node-handle folder
• composability
• assets tree
• bare node
• metadata flow