27. The method of claim 1 further comprising identifying which of the resource nodes in the semantic network are directly related to a particular node of the resource nodes, and identifying which of the resource nodes are indirectly related to the particular node.
1. A method comprising: receiving a specification, the specification defining attributes of a navigable semantic network, the attributes identifying multiple resource nodes and corresponding relationships amongst the resource nodes; processing the specification to identify a set of declarative statements; and utilizing the set of declarative statements identified by the specification to produce a semantic network model associated with the navigable semantic network, the semantic network model enabling instantiation of different portions of the navigable semantic network for viewing based on navigation input.