PKM

Map

SKOS concept in the PKM Vocabulary.

A note used to think, plan, organize, and/or navigate a group of related notes.

Also known as: MOC, Map of Content

Scope note

• It might begin as an index or hub note for a collection of other related notes.
• This typically evolves into a more structured map by collecting links into related groups, adding headings to establish more organization, and additional commentary to provide more context and information.
• Connected with other maps in a network to provide organization and navigation for the linked notes in a PKM system.

Editorial note

An open question about this term, not part of its definition.

Should the parent of this concept be a Home Note rather than Obsidian Notes? A Home Note would be a kind of Map — a Map of all the maps, an atlas of the knowledge system — and the single entry point to a vault, carrying the major organizational structure and the navigation paths across every concept in it. If it is added, every Map gains an upward path to it and it becomes the broader concept here in place of Obsidian Notes. It is not in the vocabulary yet, and whether it should be is open.

Broader

• Obsidian Notes

Change history

7 change notes

• 2026-09-10 — Scope note updated (by Doug Warren)
• 2026-09-10 — Definition updated (by Doug Warren)
• 2026-08-29 — Renamed from “NoteCopy” to “Map”; Preferred label changed from “Note” to “Map”; Alternative label “Map of Content” added; Alternative label “MOC” added; Definition updated; Scope note updated (by Doug Warren)
• 2026-08-29 — Duplicated from “Note” (by Doug Warren)
• Added definition and scope notes for a Map.
• Correct spelling typo in scope note — changed “collectio” to “collection”.
• Modified definition to add “and/or navigate” and changed a group of “other” to “related”.

This term in RDF

• URI — https://w3id.org/pkm/vocab/Map (pkmv:Map)
• Turtle — terms/Map.ttl
• Whole vocabulary — pkm-vocab.ttl

That URI serves this page to a browser and RDF to a client that asks for it, so one link works for both:

curl -L -H 'Accept: text/turtle' https://w3id.org/pkm/vocab/Map

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pkmv:Map · created 2026-08-29 · modified 2026-09-12 · by Doug Warren

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