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The Frames Library: how the substrate reads a topic.

FrameGraph applies an analytical framework over a topic graph to produce a navigable, reusable view. This is the reference for the frameworks behind it: the frames of reference, the aspects each one asks for, the shared concepts that connect them, and the report templates they produce. Start here, then drill into any of the four.

Frames of reference Aspects Concepts Templates

“A topic is only as clear as the frame you read it through.”

The library in four parts

Frames, aspects, concepts, templates.

Each part links to the next. A frame is made of aspects; each aspect is an instance of a shared concept; and a frame produces templates as deliverables. Together they form a graph the substrate can read a topic through.

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Frames of reference

The frameworks themselves: 5W1H, SWOT, Porter's Five Forces, Jobs-to-Be-Done, Wardley Mapping, and more.

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Aspects

Every dimension a frame asks a topic about, defined and tagged with the concept beneath it.

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Concepts

The shared ideas that recur across frames and let a topic carry from one frame to another.

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Templates

The structured reports a frame can produce, each with a document type, a use, and a rubric.

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A sample of the catalogue

Recognisable frameworks, made navigable.

The library spans strategy, innovation, design, decision-making, and safety. Each frame decomposes a topic into a fixed set of aspects, shown here as tags. Open any in the full reference to read every aspect and the templates it produces.

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How a frame is applied

From a topic to a structured, exportable view.

FrameGraph runs the same path every time, so the result is reproducible and the reasoning is legible.

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Choose a frame and a topic

Point a frame of reference at a seed: a topic, a search result, an answer, or a research output.

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The substrate fills the aspects

Each aspect is answered from the governed base, grounded and attributed, with the trust tier of every source carried through.

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Navigate across aspects and concepts

Drill, filter, and pivot on shared concepts to move between frames over the same topic, in any of ten views.

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Export a template

Produce the frame's deliverable as a structured report, with a scoring rubric and an executive summary where defined.

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Every aspect a frame fills is grounded in the governed base and carries its sources and trust tier, so a FrameGraph view is not a guess about a topic: it is what the substrate can show, with the proof attached.
Why the concepts matter

The same question, asked once.

SWOT asks about threats; PESTLE asks about external forces; the NIST framework asks about risk. All three resolve to one shared concept. Mapping aspects to concepts is what turns four lists into a graph, and lets you pivot a topic from one frame to another without losing your place.

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Customer

Shared across the most frames in the library, from Business Model Canvas to Jobs-to-Be-Done.

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Risk

The pivot between strategy frames and the safety and AI-governance frameworks.

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Evidence

What every experiment, validation, and decision frame ultimately asks a topic for.

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One library, four ways to read it

Every entry in the library is one of four things, and each links to the next. A frame is made of aspects; each aspect maps to a shared concept; and a frame produces templates. Pick the door that matches the question you are asking.

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Frames of reference

The analytical frameworks themselves, from 5W1H and SWOT to Wardley Mapping and the NIST AI risk framework. Open any frame to see its definition, aspects, and the concepts it draws on.

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Aspects

Every dimension a frame asks a topic about, defined and tagged with its concept. Filter by concept to see how different frames ask the same question.

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Concepts

The underlying ideas that recur across frames: Customer, Risk, Evidence, Time, and more. The shared map is what lets a topic carry from one frame to another.

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Templates

The structured reports a frame can produce, each with a document type, a primary use, and a scoring rubric where one is defined. Grouped under their parent frame.

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How the four fit together

Read the chain from left to right. A frame of reference decomposes a topic into aspects; each aspect is an instance of a concept shared across the library; and applying the frame yields one or more templates as deliverables.

Frame of reference   e.g. SWOT
   └─ Aspect            e.g. Threats
        └─ Concept      RISK   # shared with 9 other frames
   └─ Template          e.g. SWOT Matrix   # the deliverable
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Because aspects share concepts, the library is a graph, not four lists. Ask a topic about Customer once and every frame that uses that concept can show its answer. That cross-frame pivot is what FrameGraph turns into a navigable view.

What a frame record holds

Each frame in the catalogue carries the same fields, so frames can be compared and selected programmatically as well as read.

Definition
One sentence stating what the framework decomposes and why.
Aspects
The fixed set of dimensions the frame asks a topic about, each defined and mapped to a concept.
Concepts
The shared ideas the frame draws on, derived from its aspects. The basis for cross-frame navigation.
Templates
The deliverables the frame can produce, each with a document type, a primary use, and a rubric where defined.

See it in motion

The reference describes the frameworks; the Canvas runs them inside the app. You choose a frame, point it at a topic, and explore the result across aspects, with multiple views and an export to a deliverable.

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The FrameGraph concept

What framegraphing is, the pipeline behind it, and how a frame becomes a navigable, exportable view.

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The Canvas

How FrameGraph works in the workbench: open it from any answer or topic, drill through the aspects, and produce a deliverable.

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