Frontmatter

• created = date created
• date = date published on website or GitHub community repo
• url = url to the material
• doctype = type of item
  • google doc
  • post
  • coggle
  • google sheet
  • excalidraw
• published = blog OR forum OR blank
• description = brief description of content
• version = which version of the strategy
  • v1 (2015-17)
  • v2 (2018-2020)
  • v3 (2021-2023)
• level = what level of strategy (macro, meso, micro)
  • Macro (aka 'high level')
    • Timescale: long term e.g. 30y+
    • Level of social organisation: societal
    • Geographical reach: national/global
    • Degree of agency: seeding seeds / tending to the soil; desired result is emergent, no direct control
  • Meso (aka 'medium level')
    • Timescale: medium term e.g. 10y+
    • Level of social organisation: network/wider community
    • Geographical reach: regional/glocal
    • Degree of agency: some agency, but overall result beyond Life Itself's immediate control; what Life Itself aspires to contribute / be part of
  • Micro (aka 'ground level') = short-term; individual/organisational level (e.g. what Life Itself is currently doing)
    • Timescale: short term
    • Level of social organisation: individual/organisational/collective
    • Geographical reach: local
    • Degree of agency: direct control; what Life Itself is currently doing
  • Meta = outlining (some aspect of) the relationship between the different levels
• form = methodology or framework used for analysis/presentation
  • SCQH [+ Issue Tree + Hyp Tree]
  • Brand narrative
  • Map (attempt to link strategy levels together)
  • Other (anything that doesn't fit in the above categories)
• completion: more ad-hoc. rough categories are
  • Incomplete = unfinished; work-in-progress (significant content still missing)
  • Complete = finished but not polished (key content is there, but might be in bullet point form, unformatted, etc.)
  • Polished = publishable as is (or already published)

Body

Extra items noted in the body

• Form notes: ie. more detail about the format
• Completion notes
• raw: Raw source for this material e.g. if we have a blog post and their is google doc with draft with more material
• image = link to screenshot