Getting started

The Discourse Graph extension enables Roam  users to seamlessly add additional semantic structure to their notes, including specified page types and link types that model scientific discourse, to enable more complex and structured knowledge synthesis work , such as a complex interdisciplinary literature review, and enhanced collaboration with others on this work.

Overview

Here is a relatively brief walkthrough of some of the main features of the extension, including creating discourse nodes and relations, and using, querying, and sharing the discourse graph. This is done in the context of an actual ongoing literature review.

https://www.loom.com/share/2ec80422301c451b888b65ee1d283b40 

Guides: jump right in

Follow our handy guides to get started on the basics as quickly as possible:

• Creating discourse nodes
• Creating discourse relationships
• Exploring your discourse graph
• Querying your discourse graph
• Using the canvas
• Extending and personalizing your discourse graph

If you want to get started even faster, you can download our template lab graph , a starterpack containing templates and tutorials for essential discourse graph functions. These instructions explain how to download and install the template lab graph.

Fundamentals: Dive a little deeper

Learn the fundamentals of the Discourse Graph extension to get a deeper understanding of our main features:

• What is a discourse graph?
• The discourse graph extension grammar
• The base grammar: questions, claims, and evidence

Use cases: popular discourse graph workflows

See how others are putting discourse graphs to work:

• Build and utilize a personal knowledge base
• Synthesize insights from the literature
• Share your ideas & research
• Track your projects and experiments