TemporalWiki Guide

TemporalWiki is a wiki for information that changes over time.

The main view is a timeline-aware correlation diagram. Select a time, then click a node in the graph to see that article's information for that time.

Core Ideas

One article describes one entity, such as a person, team, project, device, or place.
`$basic` is the default information.
`$2025` and other dollar-mark blocks describe information for that specific time.
A time block only needs to write the differences from `$basic`.
If an article does not have the selected time block, it is hidden from the graph for that time.
Relation fields create edges in the correlation diagram.

Article Syntax

Write a normal article like this:

$basic

| Name = Yamada Taro

| Affiliation = Research Department

| Role = Engineer

| Relation: reports to = [[Sato Hana]]

| Relation: belongs to = [[Research Department]]

Yamada works on internal wiki infrastructure.

$2025

| Affiliation = Applied AI Department

| Role = Lead Engineer

| Relation: belongs to = [[Applied AI Department]]

Yamada starts designing the autonomous wiki extension.

Fields

Fields use this form:

| Field name = Field value

Examples:

| Name = Yamada Taro

| Role = Lead Engineer

| Status = Active

Relations

Relations use `Relation:` before the relation label:

| Relation: reports to = [[Sato Hana]]

| Relation: belongs to = [[Applied AI Department]]

| Relation: collaborates with = [[Suzuki Jiro]]

The text after `Relation:` becomes the edge label in the graph.

Grouping

Use a normal field as the graph grouping tag, then name that field in the graph tag.

For the current sample, each person has an `Affiliation` field:

| Affiliation = Research Department

| Affiliation = Applied AI Department

The diagram page declares that `Affiliation` is the grouping field:

<temporalgraph title="Organization map" group="Affiliation" />

The graph then draws one visual group for each affiliation. The affiliation name appears on the group container and in the summary chips, not inside each person node.

The `group` value is not limited to `Affiliation`. You can use another field when the wiki needs a different grouping rule:

| Team = Search

| Team = Infrastructure

<temporalgraph title="Team map" group="Team" />

If an article has no value for the selected grouping field, it is placed in `Unassigned`.

Correlation Diagram Page

Create a page that transcludes several articles and adds a graph tag:

{{:Yamada Taro}}

{{:Sato Hana}}

{{:Applied AI Department}}

<temporalgraph title="Organization map" group="Affiliation" />

`group="Affiliation"` tells the graph which field should be used as the visual grouping tag.

Open Organization Map for the current sample.

Editing

1. Open a page.

2. Select `Edit`.

3. Paste the command token into the Token field.

4. Edit the wiki source.

5. Select `Save page`.

TemporalWiki Guide