Transclusion is…

transclusion is a diff: it shows us how to get from one version to another &
which pieces were preserved
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Transclusion is…

transclusion is a diff: it shows us how to get from one version to another &
which pieces were preserved

transclusion is compression: when a piece of text is repeated but has A origin,
we only store it once and we only fetch it once

transclusion is attribution: it concretely shows where we got ideas, and acts
in of itself as a means of crediting the original sources

transclusion is a doorway to related documents: documents that transclude from
the same source are visible

(Originally posted here: https://niu.moe/@enkiv2/99269102534999527)

By Rococo Modem Basilisk on December 31, 2017.

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Exported from Medium on June 17, 2018.