# Project items Source: https://docs.arcweave.com/project-items/overview Section: Project Items Description: Guide to all items used in your Arcweave project and how they relate to each other In Arcweave, a [project](https://docs.arcweave.com/workspaces/projects) holds the structure and content of your interactive story, allowing you to design, test, share, and export it. This section covers all the Arcweave items you can use to build your story. You will learn everything there is to know about the following: - [Boards](https://docs.arcweave.com/project-items/boards) are the canvases where you design your story flowcharts. - Use [elements](https://docs.arcweave.com/project-items/elements) and [connections](https://docs.arcweave.com/project-items/connections) to map out story events and write scenes or dialogue trees. To connect distant elements, create [jumpers](https://docs.arcweave.com/project-items/jumpers)—links to or aliases of elements. These items define how your story flows. - Represent story objects with [components](https://docs.arcweave.com/project-items/components), storing data in the form of [attributes](https://docs.arcweave.com/project-items/attributes). - Add logic using [variables](https://docs.arcweave.com/project-items/variables/overview), [Arcscript](https://docs.arcweave.com/project-items/arcscript), and [branches](https://docs.arcweave.com/project-items/branches). - Add image and sound [assets](https://docs.arcweave.com/project-items/assets/overview) to enrich your story with visuals and audio. - Use [notes](https://docs.arcweave.com/project-items/notes) and [comments](https://docs.arcweave.com/project-items/comments) to communicate with collaborators—or your future self. To send someone directly to a board, element, jumper, note, branch, connection, or component, use its **Copy link** action. See [Share an item or board position](https://docs.arcweave.com/project-tools/share#share-an-item-or-board-position). ## How project items relate Context: Arcweave docs > Project Items > How project items relate A project's story flow lives on its boards. Components, assets, and global variables belong to the whole project and can be used from any board. | Item | Where it lives | What it holds | How it relates to other items | | --------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | [Board](https://docs.arcweave.com/project-items/boards) | The project's **Boards** section, optionally in board folders. | Elements, connections, branches, jumpers, notes, and comments; board attributes. | Its variable-type attributes are [board variables](https://docs.arcweave.com/project-items/variables/board); boards can be [mentioned](https://docs.arcweave.com/project-tools/mentions) in text. | | [Element](https://docs.arcweave.com/project-items/elements) | A board. | A title and rich text content with optional Arcscript segments; a cover, audio, attached components, and attributes. | Sends and receives connections; can be the target of jumpers. | | [Connection](https://docs.arcweave.com/project-items/connections) | A board. | An optional [label](https://docs.arcweave.com/project-items/labels) with text and Arcscript, shown as option text in Play Mode. | Goes from an element or branch to an element, branch, or jumper on the same board. | | [Branch](https://docs.arcweave.com/project-items/branches) | A board. | `if` and `elseif` conditions written in Arcscript, and an optional `else`. | Receives connections; has at most one output connection per condition. | | [Jumper](https://docs.arcweave.com/project-items/jumpers) | A board. | A link to a target element. | Receives connections and continues the flow at its target element, which can be on another board; has no output connections. | | [Note](https://docs.arcweave.com/project-items/notes) | A board. | Rich text annotations. | Not part of the flow; has no connections, components, or Arcscript. | | [Component](https://docs.arcweave.com/project-items/components) | The project's **Components** section. | A name, custom ID, cover, and attributes. | Attached to elements, mentioned in text, and listed in Component List attributes; its variable-type attributes are [component variables](https://docs.arcweave.com/project-items/variables/component). | | [Attribute](https://docs.arcweave.com/project-items/attributes) | A board, component, or element. | A label and a value of a given type. | Component List and Asset List attributes reference components and assets; Boolean, Integer, Float, and String Field attributes of boards and components act as variables. | | [Variable](https://docs.arcweave.com/project-items/variables/overview) | Global (project), board, or component scope. | A value that can change during play. | Read and changed by Arcscript in element content and labels; read by branch conditions. | | [Asset](https://docs.arcweave.com/project-items/assets/overview) | The project's **Assets** section. | Image, audio, and video files. | Used as element and component covers, element audio and video, and in Asset List attributes. | In [Play Mode](https://docs.arcweave.com/project-tools/play-mode/overview), the story starts at the starting element and follows connections from element to element. Connection labels become the options the player chooses, branches send the flow down the connection of the first condition that is true, and jumpers continue the flow at their target element. Along the way, [Arcscript](https://docs.arcweave.com/project-items/arcscript) in element content and labels reads and changes variables, and branch conditions read them to choose a path.