Zettelkasten.de - Word of the Year

Edmund

That's my journey map. But what might be the "Zettelkasten Word of the Year 2026" defined by our community at forum.zettelkasten.de?

andang76

It is complicated to summarize Zettelkasten in a single word. Rhizome comes to my mind.

Thinking if I need to choose one of yours.

ctietze

@Edmund did you mine your texts for nouns or are the lists created manually?

Edmund

@ctietze said:
@Edmund did you mine your texts for nouns or are the lists created manually?

My notes with terms are tagged as #type/term. Here’s my script to create a list sorted by month and year:

const { DateTime } = dv.luxon;

function parseCreated(v) {
  if (!v) return null;
  if (v.isLuxonDateTime) return v;
  const s = String(v).trim();

  for (const f of ["yyyy-MM-dd, HH:mm", "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm", "yyyy-MM-dd"]) {
    const d = DateTime.fromFormat(s, f);
    if (d.isValid) return d;
  }
  return null;
}

const items = dv.pages("#type/term")
  .where(p => String(p.rating ?? "").includes("⭐"))
  .values
  .map(p => ({ p, d: parseCreated(p.created) }));

const valid = items
  .filter(i => i.d)
  .sort((a, b) => a.p.file.name.localeCompare(b.p.file.name));
const invalid = items.filter(i => !i.d);

const byYear = dv.array(valid)
  .groupBy(i => i.d.year)
  .sort(g => g.key, "desc");

for (const y of byYear) {
  dv.header(2, y.key);

  const byMonth = y.rows
    .groupBy(i => i.d.toFormat("MM"))
    .sort(m => m.key, "desc");

  for (const m of byMonth) {
    dv.header(3, `${y.key}-${m.key}`);
    dv.table(
      ["Term", "Definition", "In"],
      m.rows.map(i => [i.p.file.link, i.p.lead, i.p.file.inlinks.length])
    );
  }
}

if (invalid.length) {
  dv.header(2, "No valid date");
  dv.table(
    ["Term", "created"],
    invalid.map(i => [i.p.file.link, i.p.created ?? "(missing)"])
  );
}

The resulting structure note shows a filtered list of terms including the number of incoming links:

Martin

@Edmund To have a clear and orderly grasp of matters would be a true blessing.