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Formatting Trees in a Spreadsheet
Knowledge Map hierarchies in Mandala are built with tree data structures. Each knowledge map term is a node on the tree. You can place a knowledge map term using its parent — that is, the higher-level term the knowledge map falls under. Nodes that fall under a parent are its children. If a node doesn’t have a parent — that is, it’s the highest possible level of the tree – we call it the root node. A node may have many children, but it only has one the parent. In the example above:
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To format your tree in a spreadsheet, every row represents a node. In the first column, write the node's name. In the second, write the name of the node's parent. If the node is a root, the parent will be blank. Make sure you use consistent names, with consistent capitalization. Here's a table for the example hierarchysample tree:
| Node | Parent |
|---|---|
| Architecture | |
| Building dimensions | Architecture |
| Building materials | Architecture |
| Building layout | Building dimension |
| Courtyard structure | Building layout |
| Mansion | Building layout |
| Large Mansion | Mansion |
| Massive structure | Building layout |
| courtyards | Building dimensions |
| Stories | Building dimensions |
| Mud | Building materials |
| Mudbrick | Building materials |
| Stone | Building materials |
This spreadsheet will help developers import your terms quickly.
FAQs
What happens once my tree goes live? Can anyone add a term to my tree?
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