Canon

What you see

1. TabsFacts, Graph, Timeline and Superseded.
2. FiltersSearch by name, place or word; filter by kind and document; Needs re-check shows only facts whose evidence went out of date.
3. Facts listOne line per fact, grouped by kind, entity or document (Group by). Open a line to see its story time, its verified quotes and its sources.
4. GraphWho and what is linked to whom in canon, coloured by entity type, with a search box to find an entity and zoom buttons.
5. TimelineThe Story timeline, one lane per character (the 12 with most facts until Show all). Story time places timed facts by story time: Day 1 starts at 00:00; earlier days are D0, D-1 and so on. Reading order runs along your documents in manuscript order (folder, then title) and puts each fact at the first chapter that cites it: where it is told, not when it happens. A novel that never says “Day 3” still gets a timeline. Story time opens first when enough facts have a time; switch with the two buttons.
6. SupersededEarlier versions of facts that an accepted change replaced, with the version that replaced them. They are kept, never deleted.

Find a fact and its source

1. Type a name, place or word in the search box, or pick a kind or a document.
2. Open the fact’s line to see its quotes and the documents they come from.
3. Select a source to read the passage in place.

Re-check facts after a source changed

1. Select Needs re-check to list the facts whose quote a newer version no longer has in one place.
2. If some quotes read the same in the newer version, confirm them all with the button at the top.
3. For each outdated citation, select See what changed to compare the versions.
4. Select Keep as is to keep citing the older version, or Propose change… to rewrite the fact.

Propose a change to a fact

1. Open the fact’s line.
2. Select Propose change… to open it on the Changes page, ready to rewrite.

What canon holds

• Only facts a person accepted, plus a sample project’s preloaded canon, which is marked Sample.
• Every fact has at least one quote that appears word for word in its source.
• Canon changes only through Review (new facts) and Changes (rewrites). A fact whose evidence went out of date stays in canon until someone proposes a change.

Who can do what

Viewer

Read canon, the graph, the timeline and superseded facts.

Editor, admin, owner

Also confirm or keep citations after a source changed, and propose changes.

Roles are per studio. Roles and permissions has the full list.