{ "format": "orb", "formatVersion": 1, "id": "exploring-an-orb", "title": "Exploring an ORB", "summary": "A five-point introduction to scale, connections, reading routes and honest limits in ORB Share.", "creator": "Informational Dimensions", "edition": "1.0", "authorship": { "modelLabel": "Primary assistant model", "modelId": null, "skillVersion": null }, "entry": "start", "points": [ { "id": "start", "title": "An exploration you can keep", "reading": "An ORB holds an exploration as connected points. Each point has a reading and a set of named directions. You can stay with one question, widen your view, or follow a connection that changes what you notice.\n\nThis small example explains the reader itself. Its spiral offers a suggested reading sequence; its compass offers conceptual choices. The sequence and the choices do different jobs.", "thread": "From exploration to a saved file", "sources": [ { "title": "ORB portable prompt and navigation conventions", "url": "https://visualizationcreation.github.io/orbbasic/" } ], "links": { "up": { "reason": "This is the root of this small demonstration." }, "down": { "to": "scale", "label": "Change the scale of the question" }, "left": { "reason": "No left destination has been authored for this point." }, "right": { "to": "connections", "label": "Follow a meaningful connection" }, "forward": { "to": "route", "label": "Read a route through the points" }, "backward": { "reason": "No backward destination has been authored for this point." } } }, { "id": "scale", "title": "Change the scale of the question", "reading": "UP asks what contains this point or gives it broader context. DOWN asks for a deeper explanation: a mechanism, a component, an assumption, or the evidence behind a claim. Depth does not always mean physical size.\n\nAn author names these destinations deliberately. The reader draws their positions but does not decide what is broader or deeper. If a destination has not been authored, the compass says why.", "thread": "From a question to its supporting basis", "sources": [ { "title": "ORB portable prompt and navigation conventions", "url": "https://visualizationcreation.github.io/orbbasic/" } ], "links": { "up": { "to": "start", "label": "An exploration you can keep" }, "down": { "to": "limits", "label": "Keep the limits visible" }, "left": { "reason": "No left destination has been authored for this point." }, "right": { "to": "connections", "label": "Follow a meaningful connection" }, "forward": { "reason": "No forward destination has been authored for this point." }, "backward": { "reason": "No backward destination has been authored for this point." } } }, { "id": "connections", "title": "Follow a meaningful connection", "reading": "LEFT and RIGHT visit adjacent facets at a similar level. FORWARD and BACKWARD follow a named thread, such as a chain of reasoning or a sequence of events. The thread label tells you what kind of relationship to expect.\n\nMoving backward on that thread differs from returning to your last visited point. Use History back for the route you actually took. A chronological sequence alone is not evidence that one event caused another.", "thread": "From authored connections to reader choices", "sources": [ { "title": "ORB portable prompt and navigation conventions", "url": "https://visualizationcreation.github.io/orbbasic/" } ], "links": { "up": { "to": "start", "label": "An exploration you can keep" }, "down": { "reason": "No down destination has been authored for this point." }, "left": { "to": "scale", "label": "Change the scale of the question" }, "right": { "reason": "No right destination has been authored for this point." }, "forward": { "to": "route", "label": "Read a route through the points" }, "backward": { "reason": "No backward destination has been authored for this point." } } }, { "id": "route", "title": "Read a route through the points", "reading": "The spiral is an ordered invitation through selected points. Previous and Next on spiral follow that order, even when the next reading is not the conceptual DOWN destination. You can leave the route and choose any point from the list.\n\nAn author can also provide a continuous Learn script or a separate Feel & Experience script. Text is not a recording. This reader keeps scripts visibly unrecorded so that readers know what is actually available.", "thread": "From exploring to sharing", "sources": [ { "title": "ORB portable prompt and navigation conventions", "url": "https://visualizationcreation.github.io/orbbasic/" } ], "links": { "up": { "to": "start", "label": "An exploration you can keep" }, "down": { "reason": "No down destination has been authored for this point." }, "left": { "reason": "No left destination has been authored for this point." }, "right": { "reason": "No right destination has been authored for this point." }, "forward": { "to": "limits", "label": "Keep the limits visible" }, "backward": { "to": "connections", "label": "Follow a meaningful connection" } } }, { "id": "limits", "title": "Keep the limits visible", "reading": "A useful ORB records what its evidence supports and what remains unresolved. A missing citation is a gap in the file, not proof that a question is unanswered everywhere. The reader checks the file structure; a person still needs to review the claims and sources.\n\nFor this example, a practical question remains open: does a shared reader help contributors produce better explorations? That would need comparison of real submissions. A reusable layout removes the need to write interface code, but does not by itself establish better reasoning.", "thread": "From a proposal to its evaluation", "sources": [ { "title": "ORB portable prompt and navigation conventions", "url": "https://visualizationcreation.github.io/orbbasic/" } ], "links": { "up": { "to": "start", "label": "An exploration you can keep" }, "down": { "reason": "No down destination has been authored for this point." }, "left": { "reason": "No left destination has been authored for this point." }, "right": { "reason": "No right destination has been authored for this point." }, "forward": { "reason": "No forward destination has been authored for this point." }, "backward": { "to": "route", "label": "Read a route through the points" } }, "floor": { "kind": "unresearched", "known": "The shared reader handles layout and navigation for a supported ORB file.", "question": "Does removing interface-authoring work improve the depth and quality of submitted ORBs?", "unknown": "This has not been established by this example. Compare substantive readings, evidence and meaningful connections across real submissions." } } ], "route": [ "start", "scale", "connections", "route", "limits" ] }