Title in the body of the note...why?
You can file this one under "dumb questions," but remind me again why the common practice is to have the UID/note title in the body of the note as well as the filename.
Is it a future-proof thing? For systems that only search the body and not the filename?
Joe Gilder
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Personally, the file name title is there as a quick reminder of the note's contents. Sometimes, the proper name that I want to give the note is too long to be a very useful file name, so I put it in the note itself and use an abbreviated file name.
As for the UID, I find it useful in The Archive, specifically. If I put the note's UID in double brackets, I can click on that "link" to automatically filter the file list to show other notes that link to this note--a sort of backlink via search.
ORCID: 0000-0003-2213-2533
@prometheanhindsight has some fabulous reasons promoting the practice of including a title as a header in a zettel. Repeating the file name as the title isn't a requirement. My understanding is Luhmann didn't include a title, just a UUID on each zettel.
I find a title useful and I have my Keyboard Maestro templating macros insert the initial title. Often I edit the title and most of the time add a subtitle.
But in The Archive, I find a title in the zettel imperative.
Will Simpson
My zettelkasten is for my ideas, not the ideas of others. I will try to remember this. I must keep doing my best even though I'm a failure. My peak cognition is behind me. One day soon, I will read my last book, write my last note, eat my last meal, and kiss my sweetie for the last time.
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The original reason was for redundancy.
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