# notes (written)

a piece of written text that is about information

- Computed level: L14 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: everyday  ·  Arena: notes

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [piece](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-piece.portion), [text](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-text.written), [information](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-information.knowledge), [write](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-write.communication)

**Through:** The portion of a thing with a boundary holds a collection of marks made by writing, which together convey a pattern of differences that constitute knowledge.

**Novel properties:**
- authored symbolic record
- structured informational artifact
- persistent knowledge trace

## Examples
- Leonardo da Vinci's Codex Leicester contains scientific observations written between 1506 and 1510. *(art)*
- The lab notebook of Marie Curie records her measurements of radioactivity from 1897 to 1902. *(science)*
- Engineers at the 1969 Apollo 11 mission logged real-time handwritten notes during descent to the Moon. *(engineering)*

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*Canonical: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-notes.written*  
*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-notes.written.json*  
*Every definition provably resolves to space, time, energy and pattern.*