In the IQ manual : -- link to nonexistent node ID 860 --
This seems a bit weird :
"All the information is stored in a database. In the database, there are multiple fields which are divided in items. The fields is the "subject" you're working on (i.e. shopping list) and the items are the different lines contained in the field (i.e. things to buy)."
If I knew nothing about IQ I think it would be clearer if somebody told me :
"All the information in IQ is stored in a database. In the database, there are multiple items which can have different characteristics recorded in fields. So we usually talk about items and their fields."
I'd skip the second part from the above quote entirely as fields are not necessarily subjects... ("The fields is the "subject" you're working on (i.e. shopping list) and the items are the different lines contained in the field (i.e. things to buy)." They can metaphorically become a subject when you use them to filter items (source or whatnot).
Then I'd probably say a word or two about grids.
" Items and fields are displayed/showed in grids. (We won't go into the details of a grid for now, but let's just say that grid isn't like a traditional folder -- an item doesn't "belong" to a grid -- as it can show any item that meets certain filter criteria)."
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