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 # Agora Protocol
 - a [[convention]]
-	- The [[agora]] you're likely reading this on is just one possible implementation of a platform built on a simple protocol. The protocol is defined as a list of [[agora rfcs]] as kept by a community agreeing to cooperate on such a list.
-		- an [[agora]] is a root that can grow into a [[tree]].
+	- the [[agora]] you're likely reading this on is just one possible implementation of a platform built on a simple protocol. The protocol is defined as a list of [[agora rfcs]] as kept by a community agreeing to cooperate on such a list.
+	- the agora is a root that wants to grow into a [[tree]], and from there into a [[.
+		- an [[agora]] starts with a list of [[gardens]], that is, [[personal knowledge graphs]] as volunteered by its users.
 			- the root repository is [[go/agora/git]]
 			- the goals of an agora are maintained by its community in the node [[goals]].
 		  - [[agora server]] is a reference implementation for a consumer of the protocol.