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Valueflows (VF) is a vocabulary for the distributed economic networks of the next economy, to coordinate the creation, distribution, and exchange of economic resources.

Here are some suggestions to help you find your way into this documentation, depending on your specific interest and level of prior understanding.

For a high level understanding of what Valueflows is and what it is for, please start with this introductory summary. You could also check into what other groups are doing with Valueflows in the reference implementations, or take a peek at the algorithms overview for more possibilities.
To learn about the vocabulary itself, you could start with the high-level description of the core model, and then continue as you like in these directions...
- For the more visually oriented or people who like diagrams, head to the UML diagram.
- Whether or not you look at the diagram, see below the diagram for class and relationship explanations by subject area, which also point to the related concepts sections. Or just go straight to the concepts.
- For even more gory details, check the rest of the specification pages, and/or examples.
Or if you want a more fun and friendly way to understand the vocabulary, you can start here with a Valueflows story about apple pie (yum!).
To lookup specific details, you can use the Search function above. Definitions and relationships by data element (class, property, etc.) are linked on the first formatted spec here; and are textually described by subject area here. The concepts and examples also might be helpful to lookup developer level information.

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