An effort has been made to organize the nodes(*) under each architecture consistently. The information is organized analogously to the hierarchical organization of the entire document. The primary difference is that the index node for each architecture contains links(*) to each of the nodes in the description of the architecture (rather than nodes for properties, capabilities, etc). This gives the user a quick, concise enumeration of all the properties, capabilities, and environments for the architecture. When applicable, individual components of the architecture are also listed under the architecture description section of the index node as well. The only nodes not accessible directly from the index node are the individual issue nodes. These links may be accessed through the Issues link on the index node. (Since the issues are generally consistent throughout all the architectures, they are not included as part of the index node in the interest of conciseness.)
From the index node, users already familiar with architectures or users with some knowledge of artificial intelligence may proceed directly to topics on interest. On the other hand, users with little knowledge of the architectures or AI may wish to begin with the first node, Philosophy and Methodological Assumptions, and then follow the NEXT links at the bottom of each node to navigate through the document. These links take the user, in order, down through the items enumerated in the index node.
In addition to the NEXT links, each node in the architecture includes a non-contextual link(*) which will return the user to the architecture's index node. Additionally, terms which are used in several architectures are not generally defined for each architecture; instead the term is described as it relates to the particular architecture. However, another non-contextual link, usually entitled Go to a discussion of this property for multiple architectures will take the user to a definition of the term (see Hierarchical Organization for understanding where these definition nodes are located in terms of the overall document). Both of these links are set off from the context of the node by two horizontal lines (as below).
Finally, even though there are not explicit nodes enumerating properties only, capabilities only, etc. for individual architectures, the Current Location markers at the bottom of each node do indicate which of the higher-level categories the current node falls under. This is done so that users following contextual links(*) can quickly identify the category of a new node, making navigation simpler and allowing concentration on content rather than traversing the document.
*Note: The terms node, link, document, contextual, and non-contextual are defined in a separate node.
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