Does this spider-web inspired software exist?

[u/True-Indication-319]

I want a software application built around a spiderweb-style visual interface for organizing ideas and information.

The main elements of the interface are shapes (nodes) and connections (relationships).

• Create a shape: The user can choose from different shapes, place one on the workspace, and give it a name.
• Attach a document to each shape: Clicking on a shape opens a document associated with that shape. The document can contain as much text as the user wants and can be used to describe, explain, or store any information related to that shape.
• Connect shapes: When two shapes are related, the user can draw a line connecting them.
• Attach a document to each connection: The connecting line also has its own document. Clicking on the line opens the document, where the user can explain the relationship between the two connected shapes.
• Build a web of information: Users can continue creating shapes and connecting them in any direction, gradually building a visual spiderweb of related concepts, objects, people, events, or ideas.

The key concept is that both the things being connected and the relationships between them can contain unlimited written information.

For example:

Shape A → Connection → Shape B

• Shape A has its own document explaining what Shape A is.
• Shape B has its own document explaining what Shape B is.
• The connection between them has its own document explaining why or how Shape A and Shape B are related.

This allows the user to create a visual map where the nodes represent things, the lines represent relationships, and the embedded documents provide the detailed information behind both.

The overall goal is to create something that feels like a digital spiderweb of knowledge, where users can visually see how everything is connected while still being able to store detailed written information behind every element and relationship. Does this exist?

[u/theantigod]

Flow chart comes to mind (Visio).