A metaphor for growth, persistence, and the organic continuation of life in non-linear systems.
The garden is an old metaphor associated with hypertext. Every walk through the garden creates new paths, new meanings, and when we add things to the garden we add them in a way that allows many future, unpredicted relationships.
There is no right or canonical way to view it. A hard part of this is the navigation problem: how do we give web users just enough guidance to freely explore the web, without forcing them into pre-defined browsing experiences?
In the context of the Knowledge Framework, the garden represents the transition from siloed, static information to an integrated, living ecosystem of wisdom.