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An '''outline''' is a rough draft or summary of the main features of a given [[topic]].[1] A [[hierarchical]] outline is an outline, often in list form, arranged to show hierarchical [[relationships]].

An '''outline''' is a rough draft or summary of the main features of a given [[topic]].[1] A [[hierarchical]] outline is an outline, often in list form, arranged to show hierarchical [[relationships]].

Writers of [[fiction]] and creative nonfiction, such as Jon Franklin, may use outlines to establish [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plot plot] sequence, character development and [[dramatic]] [[flow]] of a [[story]], sometimes in conjunction with freewriting.

Writers of [[fiction]] and creative nonfiction, such as Jon Franklin, may use outlines to establish [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plot plot] sequence, character development and [[dramatic]] [[flow]] of a [[story]], sometimes in conjunction with freewriting.

Merriam-Webster's manual for writers and editors (1998, p. 290) recommends that the section headings of an [[article]] should, when read in [[isolation]], combine to form an outline of the article [[content]]. Garson (2002) distinguishes a 'standard outline', presented as a regular table of contents from a refined tree-like 'hierarchical outline', stating that "such an outline might be appropriate, for instance, when the [[purpose]] is taxonomic (placing observed [[phenomena]] into an exhaustive set of categories). ... hierarchical outlines are rare in quantitative writing, and the [[researcher]] is well advised to stick to the standard outline unless there are compelling reasons not to."[3]

Merriam-Webster's manual for writers and editors (1998, p. 290) recommends that the section headings of an [[article]] should, when read in [[isolation]], combine to form an outline of the article [[content]]. Garson (2002) distinguishes a 'standard outline', presented as a regular table of contents from a refined tree-like 'hierarchical outline', stating that "such an outline might be appropriate, for instance, when the [[purpose]] is taxonomic (placing observed [[phenomena]] into an exhaustive set of categories). ... hierarchical outlines are rare in quantitative writing, and the [[researcher]] is well advised to stick to the standard outline unless there are compelling reasons not to."[3]

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prop%C3%A6dia Propædia] is the historical attempt of the [http://www.britannica.com/ Encyclopædia Britannica] of presenting a hierarchical "Outline of Knowledge" in a separate volume in the 15th edition of 1974. The "Outline of [[Knowledge]]" was a project by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortimer Adler Mortimer Adler]. Propædia had three levels, 10 "Parts" at the top level, 41 "Divisions" at the middle level and 167 "Sections" at the bottom level, numbered, for example "1. Matter and Energy", "1.1 Atoms", "1.1.1. [[Structure]] and Properties of [[Atoms]]".

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prop%C3%A6dia Propædia] is the historical attempt of the [https://www.britannica.com/ Encyclopædia Britannica] of presenting a hierarchical "Outline of Knowledge" in a separate volume in the 15th edition of 1974. The "Outline of [[Knowledge]]" was a project by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortimer Adler Mortimer Adler]. Propædia had three levels, 10 "Parts" at the top level, 41 "Divisions" at the middle level and 167 "Sections" at the bottom level, numbered, for example "1. Matter and Energy", "1.1 Atoms", "1.1.1. [[Structure]] and Properties of [[Atoms]]".

==Hierarchical outlines==

==Hierarchical outlines==

===Alphanumeric outlines===

===Alphanumeric outlines===