Transclusion

Transclusion (or transclude in its verb form )is a general idea in composing documents. Along with [[Hyperlink], the two of them provides a set of complementary functions to enable document compositionality.

MediaWiki and Transclusion

It enables a crucial asIt is a particularly important feature in MediaWiki, which is often encoded using the {{:<Transclusion Page Name>}}. (Note the : colon sign in front of the page name.) In PKC, it is intentionally related to the notion of Pullback in Category Theory.

Explained by Ted Nelson

Ted Nelson gave a Google Talk on Transclusion, and can be accessed online.

References

Related Pages

C

• Composability

I

• Interwiki Link

P

• Piped Link

R

• Rewrite system

S

• Sheaf

V

• Video/Ted Nelson in Herzog's "Lo and Behold"

V cont.

• Video/Xanadu Basics 1a - VISIBLE CONNECTION

• Pullback
• Pushout
• Pullback and Pushout
• Cut and Paste
• Hyperlink
• Transclusion