Seed Hypermedia
  • Blocks
  • ID
  • Type
  • Text
  • Link
  • Attributes
  • Text Blocks
  • Block Types
  • Text/Paragraph
  • Heading
  • Image, Video, File
  • Code
  • Embed
  • Content Embed View
  • Card Embed View
  • Navigation Embed View
  • Query
  • Feature
  • Button
  • Activity
  • Metadata
  • Annotation Types
  • Bold, Italic, Underline, Code
  • Link
  • Embed
  • Blocks
  • ID
  • Type
  • Text
  • Link
  • Attributes
  • Text Blocks
  • Block Types
  • Text/Paragraph
  • Heading
  • Image, Video, File
  • Code
  • Embed
  • Content Embed View
  • Card Embed View
  • Navigation Embed View
  • Query
  • Feature
  • Button
  • Activity
  • Metadata
  • Annotation Types
  • Bold, Italic, Underline, Code
  • Link
  • Embed
    • Eric Vicenti
    /Structure in Seed Hypermedia

    Blocks and Block Hierarchy

    Eric Vicenti
    Blocks
    A Block is a single node of content, and it often contains text.
    The Block Node is the fundamental building block for creating structures of content within a document. It contains a single Block as well as an ordered set of children BlockNodes. Generally, a BlockNode may contain any type of child blocks.
    Generally, Blocks and Block Nodes form Content in the Hypermedia Structure
    ID
    Every Block has an ID that allows it to be referenced directly
    Type
    Specify one of the pre-defined Block Types
    Text
    A string field on the Block
    Link
    Some blocks such as Embeds make a reference to something else, and the common link attribute is used
    Attributes
    A Block can contain additional data known as Attributes to describe more details of how it can be used.
    Text Blocks
    Many Block types contain the text value. If a Block does, it may contain a list of Annotations to make the text more expressive.
    Block Types
    Text/Paragraph
    Standard text in a Document
    Heading
    Provide structure to a Document. Used to organize a Document and Navigation
    Image, Video, File
    Multimedia Blocks. The text of these blocks is the "caption" of the media element
    Code
    Format a block of text as code, optionally specifying the language
    Embed
    An embed is a reference to another Document or Comment, with a view specified which changes the presentation. May refer to a whole Document, a Block or BlockNode within, or a Range of text.
    The Embed Block has a view Attribute which specifies which type of embed it is:
    Content Embed View
    Show the full content that is referenced.
    Card Embed View
    A special block representation for another Document that appears inside
    Navigation Embed View
    Show the Navigation Structure of another document
    Query
    Look up the Sub-Documents of a Document in the Site, and present them as as cards or within the Navigation View of the document. Contains the following:
      URL, reference to the Site or Document to query
      Recursive
    Feature
    Visually emphasize this content with a full-width background. The text of this block is a type of Heading, and the Children are visually inside this background. The background may be a color or an image, and there may be an image associated with the Feature Block.
    Button
    Button Block shows a button with a link to the web or another Document
    Activity
    The Activity Block shows the comments, version history, and activity summary of Sub-Documents.
    Metadata
    Show the Document title, authors, and version history for the Document
    Annotation Types
    Bold, Italic, Underline, Code
    Simple text styling attributes that may be applied to a range of text
    Link
    Specify a range of text to link to a web URL, or a Hypermedia URL (Document, Document Block, Comment)
    Embed
    This annotation applies to a single special character in the text which allows you to embed the title or portion of text from another document into this place of the text
    Activity
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