Canon Garden Guide / Reference

Glossary

Plain definitions for the words used when talking about worlds, memory, and organisation.

How to use this

Use the glossary to understand Guide words

Each term has a short definition and links back to the Guide pages that explain it in context.

Term

Card

A saved part of a world, such as a person, place, object, event, group, rule, or idea.

Used when: an idea needs somewhere clear to live.

Read with: What Is a Card?

Term

Canon

What is currently true in a world.

Used when: the creator needs to know which version of an idea still counts.

Read with: What Canon Means

Term

Creator ownership

The principle that the world belongs to the person creating it.

Used when: the creator keeps control of the world.

Read with: What Canon Garden Is

Term

Fragment

A useful piece of an idea that is not complete yet.

Used when: the creator has something worth saving, but not enough to turn it into a full part of the world yet.

Read with: How Fragments Become Ideas

Term

Relationship

A meaningful connection between two parts of a world.

Used when: one idea affects, belongs to, depends on, knows, changes, or explains another idea.

Read with: How Ideas Connect to Make a World

Term

World Detail

Extra context that helps a part of the world feel clearer and easier to use.

Used when: a place, person, object, event, or idea needs more surrounding information.

Read with: What Canon Garden Is