If I make a note of something I have learned, like definition of a word “Velocity”, that would be external. If I had an inspiration from a song, or have any other identifiable source that helped me write this note, that would be derived. For example, something that I wrote completely out of my head would be original. And genesis which tells me the origin of a note. As a bilingual I imagine it will be helpful for me to sort notes by language, or a mix of languages. Languages which is a list that shows target languages of the note. Status, which may be discharged (not expected to be updated), evergreen (expected to be updated continually), or sprout (expected to be updated and discharged), fleeting (anything else). I have title which copies the file name, but I am too lazy to fill it out sometimes. They are handled automatically, so I don’t need to worry. I also have a unix_timestamp just in case something happens to created_at. ![]() ![]() first level variables, I have data like created_at, and updated_at that record when the file was created and modified. In conclusion, very pleased with Properties! Hoping for some added functionality that will support quick refactoring sessions in the future (see my feature request on bulk removal and renaming if interested.Īt root, i.e. I feel like I am under-utilizing tags but this is more a question of process. I use YAML tags for status, but I use inline tags for other metadata, like #inspiring. I would say “tags” is my biggest open question. Thus, -Īuthor: only ] if I think I'll be interested in learning more about a particular author, or if I myself am the authorĭate: to follow trends over time in my research and my personal journaling I also removed series because I realized I was just “collecting” that information for no real reason and it’s really the individual books in a series that I focus on, whereas creating a note for a series of works didn’t add value. I then removed citation because why should I duplicate what Zotero does so well: one app, one job. What are your best practices for managing metadata property?īut then I realized that related, folks, and locations should just be ] in the content of my note.~ ]Īfter the release of Properties, I’m likely going to expand this, but I don’t want to fall into the trap of becoming a janitor of metadata. With that in mind, I’d like to ask you: what categories are you using for metadata?…especially now that you can easily work with it using Obsidian Properties.īefore the release of Properties, I kept it minimal. It was a good forcing function to limit how much metadata we might feel compelled to add. For the past 3 years, we did it without a nice-looking UI. ![]() I think many of us may have found a moment where we spent too much time fiddling with metadata. Woohoo!īut with great power comes great responsibility (or at least a little). With the release of Obsidian Properties, we now have an easy way to manage metadata.
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