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The most INTENT-aligned tool yet and the file-backed counterpart to Roam: file-over-app vaults (plain .md folders, files canonical, MetadataCache a derived index), in-file git-diffable addressing/structure (^block-id, wikilink embeds, YAML frontmatter), and a plugin API (Plugin onload/onunload over App.vault/metadataCache/workspace) that doubles as an adapter host — so a vault is dual-attachable (file-store direct or in-app plugin). Mined the plugin download rankings as demand evidence per the research brief: #1 is drawings (Excalidraw, non-Markdown content), query-as-DB (Dataview/Tasks) is top-tier but an add-on, Git is top-7 (bolt-on history), Remotely Save shows sync-to-anywhere demand. Added UC-53 (attach local vault w/ live concurrent native editor), UC-54 (query-defined dynamic page), UC-55 (non-Markdown content types), UC-56 (outbound publish of a projection); enriched UC-15/28/34/36/40/51/52. Boundary: a vault is one file-backed candidate shard, not the federation layer and not a file-sync target. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
research/
Exploration results for the problem and solution space.
Each exploration uses a yymmdd- prefix on the markdown file or subdirectory
when multiple files or sources are involved. Findings here inform spec/ and
SCOPE.md; they do not directly authorize implementation until promoted.
Active Explorations
| Date | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-08 | 260608-yawex-prior-art/ |
yawex 0.7.4 Perl wiki prior art; federation design seeds |
| 2026-06-08 | 260608-c2-wiki-origins/ |
Ward Cunningham & WikiWikiWeb origins; terms and use cases |
| 2026-06-08 | 260608-federation-concepts/ |
Federated Wiki, git/ActivityPub/Xanadu federation models |
| 2026-06-08 | 260608-wikiengines-overview/ |
Wiki engine landscape survey (Perplexity-assisted) |
| 2026-06-13 | 260613-xwiki-deep-dive/ |
XWiki impl, extension interfaces, ecosystem; UC-38/39 |
| 2026-06-13 | 260613-twiki-deep-dive/ |
TWiki impl, plugin API, ecosystem; UC-40/41 |
| 2026-06-13 | 260613-foswiki-deep-dive/ |
Foswiki store abstraction, extension API; UC-42/43 |
| 2026-06-14 | 260614-xanadu-deep-dive/ |
Project Xanadu — EDL/reference-not-copy, transclusion, addressing; UC-44/45/46 |
| 2026-06-14 | 260614-zigzag-deep-dive/ |
ZigZag/zzstructure — information space as orthogonal dimensions; UC-47/48/49 |
| 2026-06-14 | 260614-roam-deep-dive/ |
Roam Research — block-graph DataScript DB, transclusion, datalog, Roam Depot extension API; UC-50/51/52 |
| 2026-06-14 | 260614-obsidian-deep-dive/ |
Obsidian — file-over-app vaults, plugin API, ecosystem-popularity → UC signal; UC-53/54/55/56 |