Below is a list of IML Operators and their meanings. Operator
| Meaning
| {idea 1} +
{idea 2} or {idea 1}{idea 2}
| Adds two or more ideas together
| {idea}++
| Add more insight or
examples to this idea
| {idea}--
| Shorten this text
| | {idea 1}
- {idea 2} | Explain #1 apart from & excluding
idea 2. | {idea 1} / {idea 2}
| Explain idea 1 in the context of idea 2
| {idea 1} * {idea 2}
| Collapse/merge two or more ideas into one.
| {idea:} or can be { }
| defines an idea
| {? }
| a question to answer. Who --> Define person/place/thing.
What --> Define object or scenario (what if). How --> Define
process. Where --> Define location. When --> Define the time,
month, day, year. Why --> Provide proof or benefit} Which --> list
the particular items and/or choose one
No need to put ? after
the question. Just before. Multiple, different questions should be in
different tags. sentences about the same question should end with
period. even though they're questions.
| normal
text
| normal text to use.
| {research: }
| Keywords or places to
look for research
| {quote: Person Name.
email. phone. "quote"}
| The person to contact for
a quote... or if they already siad something to quote, write it... or
if you have an idea of what to ask them list it in {idea}
| ( )
| Parenthesis mean to consider
all within the parenthesis as 1 unit like in math--do everything in the
parenthesis first.
| []
| Square brackets mean to reference an object previously
defined on the page
| -->
| Result of... converts to... leads to... a conversion or
leads to... answers question
| | "" | Consider
everything between the quote like google search for everything between
quotes | | ~ | Is like |
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