Introduction

Metaessen (pronounced /ˈmetəsən/) is the versatile and powerful resource manager to manage resources for practical use by simulating the real world. It helps you focus on and manage the resources or parts of resources that are what you really need, the most important or essential, in order to get, understand, organize, and use resources faster and better, especially to grasp the essence and big picture faster and better, not to be distracted by trivialities, superfluities, and unnecessary things, save time and improve productivity.

In short, Metaessen is the resource manager to manage resources for practical use by simulating the real world, especially focuses on and manages the most important parts of resources in order to get, understand, organize, and use resources faster and better.

The main goal is to focus on the most important parts of resources and manage resources quickly, efficiently and effectively through concise descriptions, so as to get, understand, organize and use resources faster and better.

It can help you record, save, access and manage various resources conveniently and efficiently on multiple devices anytime, anywhere.

It not only helps you access, obtain and manage online resources (bookmarks, web pages, etc.) through URLs, but also helps you record, save and manage other resources, such as notes, diaries, articles, ideas, codes, lyrics, recipes, excerpts, snippets, etc.

Like but far beyond the Browser built-in bookmark manager. In some aspects, beyond other types of bookmark managers and note-taking apps.

You can use it to manage bookmarks, notes, tasks, projects, ideas, etc.

Of course, it can be used as a bookmark manager, note-taking app, task management app, project management software, etc.

You may feel the main idea from website name metaessen = metadata + essence

Technical description or definition

Metaessen is a resource essence management system that focuses on and manages resource essences, and can also manage resource metadata or resources.

It can manage resources such as bookmarks, web pages, notes, diaries, articles, ideas, codes, lyrics, recipes, excerpts, snippets, etc.

A Resource is the object or thing to describe.

A Resource essence is the concise description of a resource, such as bookmark, outline, summary, etc., consisting of fields such as URL, name, introduction, keywords, etc.

Use cases

1. Manage Bookmarks

   A better bookmark manager, which not only includes all the features of the browser built-in bookmark manager, but also includes unique features that other bookmark managers do not have.

   Access, save and manage bookmarks on multiple devices anytime, anywhere.

2. Cleanse Bookmarks

   Many bookmarks and directories in the browser built-in bookmark manager are duplicated, and this tool can be used to clean them up.

3. Collect Resources

   You can collect Resources randomly or on a certain topic, and you can also classify and organize them using the hierarchy or tagging method.

4. Record What you see, hear or think

   You can conveniently record, save, access and manage what you see, hear or think on multiple devices anytime, anywhere.

5. Write Articles

   You can write articles, notes, diaries, fragments, etc. in a variety of ways as you like.

6. Manage Projects or Tasks

   You can classify tasks according to the hierarchy of task modules, and create specific tasks under each category, and use descriptive fields to describe and manage the stages of a specific task.

7. Record, Observe and Study the development and changes of things

   This is the use case where the innovative "resource-instance-system data model" and its management method truly shines or unleashes power of full potential.

   You can use a resource to represent the thing to be studied, and then create a hierarchy or hierarchies according to the development stages of the thing or the specific systems involved.

   Create instances of this resource under each hierarchy to record the specific situations of the thing at each specific stage.

   Finally, use the instance list of this resource to view each instance linearly in chronological order and observe and study the development and changes of this thing.

   It allows you to understand the development and changes of the thing at a glance.

   Of course, you can also observe and study the development and changes of this thing according to the system hierarchy.

   Therefore, you can record, observe and study the development and changes of things, not only from the spatial dimension, following the hierarchical structure of the space, but also from the time dimension, following the linear structure (Chronological order) of the time.

For more information, please refer to Use Cases

Main Features

1. Focus on and manage the most important parts of resources

   The most important parts of resources can also be called resource essence.

   Resource essences are generally the basic, structural or essential parts of resources.

   It can be the resource parts that users really need, pay attention to, and are interested in.

   It can be the core, essential, critical, necessary, and most valuable parts of resources.

   Just focus on the most important parts, and remove all trivialities, superfluities, complexities, cumbersomeness, unnecessaryness and noise. Keep it practical, valuable, simple, clean and concise.

   These are lightweight data. No need for long speeches, just be brief and to the points.

   Through these essential parts that you pay attention to, you can understand the full picture and essence of things faster and better, so that these things can be presented to you at a glance.

2. Use the innovative data model and management method, which is more consistent with the real world and can manage various resources more flexibly and efficiently

   The most important or essential part of a thing (Resource) that you pay attention to, can be referred to as an Essence.

   The things you pay attention to are constantly changing, and they present different states or appearances in different periods and environments (for example, you are different in elementary school, middle school and university).

   One of these different appearances is called an instance of the resource. Although these different appearances are different, they are all presented by this thing.

   As these things continuously change, they combine with other things to form different systems.

   For example, you and your classmates in elementary school are combined into Class 1 of Grade 1.

   Obviously, a system is composed of specific resource instances.

   The above data model is called Resource-Instance-System data model which simulates the real world.

   This data model is more consistent with the real world and actual situations, and can manage your various resources more practically, flexibly, efficiently and conveniently.

   For more information, please refer to Concepts

3. Pay great attention to and protect user data security and privacy

   We pay great attention to data security and privacy, and will do our best and use various means to protect your data security and privacy, so that only you can view and use your data.

   Never sell, transfer, trade or share your data with third parties.

   No ads, no trackers (Google Analytics, etc.).

   No data censorship or filtering. You can store and manage any data (we recommend not storing sensitive data).

   Your data is your data, and you can export all your data at any time.

   Back up data regularly to prevent data loss.

   We can not only creatively develop better data model, data management method, user interface and user interaction, but also innovatively develop better methods and processes that can maximize the security and privacy of user data.

   Our servers are in the USA, and the data is also stored in the USA. If you have special requirements for the data storage location, you can email us.

4. Flexible, practical and efficient data organization and management method

   Thanks to the innovative "resource-instance-system data model", data can be organized and managed more flexibly, practically and efficiently.

   Using systems (like folders), instances (like files or snapshots) and keywords (like tags) to organize and manage resources flexibly and efficiently.

   you can locate and find resources quickly, and various resources can be effectively combined into the desired useful information hierarchy or information chain.

   A system is also a special resource, which can have its own multiple description data. A folder in traditional bookmark managers or note-taking software only have one name.

   Keywords have multiple forms, can contain spaces, and can use punctuation (except commas, which are used as keyword separators), unlike some bookmark managers that have many restrictions on tag forms.

   You can search and filter resources by keywords.

   You can create multiple different instances for a resource to adapt to different situations, and all instances point to the resource.

5. Multiple use cases

   Thanks to the innovative "resource-instance-system data model", you can manage various resources and there are multiple ways to use.

   • Manage bookmarks
   • Cleanse bookmarks
   • Collect resources
   • Record what you see, hear or think
   • Write articles, notes, diaries, ideas, pieces of text, etc.
   • Manage projects or tasks
   • Record, observe and study the development and changes of things
   • You can also develop other use cases or ways to use

   For more information, please refer to Use Cases

6. Simple, accurate, practical, efficient, responsive user interface and interaction

   Try our best to make this APP practical, useful, efficient, powerful, accurate and easy to use. Designing a better user interface and interaction is one necessary step to achieve the goal.

   We not only created a better data model, but also creatively developed a better user interface and interaction method, so that users can access and manage various resources more conveniently and efficiently from multiple devices.

   Cross-platform, can be responsive to almost all sizes of screens (from mobile phones to computers), access and manage your various resources from multiple devices anytime, anywhere.

   Pay attention to every detail of user interface and interaction, and strive to make the interface simple and practical, and the interaction convenient and efficient.

   For example, it is more convenient to open or close all nodes under a certain hierarchy, remember the open and closed status of each node. Clicking on the path of a node of a certain hierarchy will automatically navigate to this hierarchy node and open all the upper structures of this node.

7. Use the common but innovative bookmark backup file formats for data import and export

   Using the common bookmark backup file formats (HTML or JSON), you can import your browser's bookmarks into our website, and also export all or part of your data from our website to your browser (such as Firefox, Chrome) or other bookmark manager, note-taking software.

   With some extensions and innovations to the universal formats, you can export all or part of your data without omission to a bookmark backup file for safekeeping.

   The browser built-in bookmark manager only export all data or import it to the root folder, while our software can export all or any part of the data, and can import it to any folder.

Design principles

These are also our philosophy.

1. Practical

   Solve practical problems quickly, efficiently and effectively

   We primarily follow this principle to create and design our products and the various tools (such as data model and management method, user interface and interaction, data file formats, etc.).

   Not only save and manage data and resources, but more importantly, let these resources provide feedback, truly produce effects (results) and benefits, and truly offer higher value and returns to users.

   Our product is more consistent with the real world and actual situations, so that they can solve users' practical problems faster and better.

2. Safe

   Ensure and protect the security and privacy of ourselves, our products and services, and user data

   If we only think about solving problems without security, the result is likely to be harmful or disadvantageous to ourselves or our users, and ultimately it will not make much sense or be meaningless for ourselves or users.

   We are doing our best to use existing or create new security tools to protect the security and privacy.

   This is also a major principle that we keep in mind during the design and creation process and integrate into every aspect of our products and services.

3. Concise

   Focus only on the parts that are really needed, necessary, or the most important; hide the currently unnecessary or secondary, or simply remove the truly unnecessary and secondary; remove all unnecessary

   Not only are the objects of management concise data, the user interface is also concise, and the user interaction and workflow are also concise.

   Entities must not be multiplied beyond necessity.

   Conciseness is also part of our DNA. We keep it in mind during the design and creation process, and it is reflected in every aspect of our work.

4. Easy to use

   Users can use our products and services naturally and efficiently without or with little learning

   Products are created to be used. If they are too complicated or have many obstacles in the process of use, the product will have little or no value.

   The language, user interface, user interaction and workflow should be clear, precise, correct, concise, natural, intuitive and habitual.

   Have good and complete documentation.

   Have smooth communication channels.

5. Open

   We are willing and must open our eyes, minds and hearts, actively learn the outside world including users, and continuously improve ourselves, products and services

   We know that we, our products and services are not perfect. We are eager to communicate with you and listen to your opinions, suggestions and ideas. We are grateful for your reasonable suggestions. We are committed to improving ourselves, our products and services based on your suggestions, combined with our own independent thinking and judgment.

   We are willing to open our system so that you can use other tools to help you access, save and manage your resources faster and better.

   We will open the API of our products at some point in the future.

   Maybe we will create and release community versions of our products in the future.

   We actively learn, research, explore or create other knowledge, products, tools, etc., and continuously improve ourselves, products and services.

   While improving ourselves, products and services, we hope that you can also benefit from this process.