• conforms_to::[[Gloss Form Contract]]
• authored_by::[[Deep Context Community]]
• has_lifecycle::[[Seed Stage]]
• has_curation::[[Working Draft]]
• in_domain::[[Deep Context Architecture]]

Named Edge

A predicate-annotated wikilink expressing a typed relation between two nodes, written as a top-level bullet of the form - predicate::[[Target]] or - predicate::[[Target]]↗. The predicate names the kind of relation (extends_contract::, composed_of::, grounded_in::, contrasts_with::); the wikilink identifies the target node; an indented sub-bullet annotation under the edge explains why the relationship matters. Together the three pieces carry a graph claim that is parseable by an agent and scannable by a human in the same markdown document.

Named Edges appear in two places. The identity predicate block above the H1 carries classification edges — conforms_to::[[X Form Contract]], in_domain::[[Y]], has_lifecycle::[[Z Stage]] — that declare what the node is. The Relations section after the body carries semantic edges — composed_of::, contends_with::, informs:: — that declare how the node connects to others. Both use the same syntax; their roles differ by position in the file, not by form.

The contrast is with inline wikilinks in prose, which are readable cross-references rather than structural edges. A sentence like "this draws on [[Wikilinks and Named Edges]]↗ as a starting point" contains a wikilink but no predicate — a reader follows it if they want context, an agent does not treat it as a graph claim. The predicate is what makes an edge named, and the bullet position is what makes it structural. Lose either and the construction falls back to inline reference.

Relations

• has_component::[[Wikilink Syntax]]↗

  • The target half of a Named Edge is always a wikilink; the [[...]] syntax is the substrate on top of which the predicate layer runs. The wikilink resolution is Obsidian-style filename matching, not URL resolution.

• grounded_in::[[Wikilinks and Named Edges Gist (Christopher Allen, 2026)]]

  • The canonical specification for the convention. This gloss captures the local working definition; the gist carries the full discussion of why the convention works the way it does.

• contrasts_with::[[Inline Wikilink Reference]]

  • Inline wikilinks in prose are readable cross-references without structural weight. Named Edges are typed structural claims in the identity block or Relations section. Both use [[...]] but only one participates in the graph. Ghost link pending local gloss.