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Bracket Tags
Following @sfast 's advice on object tags, I've increasingly transitioned to using zettels as claims which connect two or more tag objects, and away from using zettels to refer to objects themselves. For instance, a zettel might express the following: Here, I'm using tags for objects, while the zettel itself embodies a… -
Re: The Difference Between Good and Bad Tags
Old post but I'd like to share my thoughts on this. * Why is this a problem? I think having many links to a single note is a reflection of what the focus of your research is. As a software developer for example, I would assume that I would have a ton of links towards a central topic like distributed systems. * I think its… -
Re: Bracket Tags
I'm not sure there is any difference in the problem between tags and bracket tags. #HumanBehaviour won't find #HumansBehavior or #HumanBehavior as would ... [["Human Behavoir"]] won't find [["Human Behaviour"]] nor [["Humans Behavior"]] and remembering a year from now, if you called them humans or man or behaviour or… -
Re: Bracket Tags
You face the same problem with regular tags—and in fact, a worse one. If you write 11 notes that reference "Human Behavior", and then on the 12th note, decide to make it into a tag (#HumanBehavior), then the last note will have no connection with the other 11. Not only will the tag #HumanBehavior not be discovered when… -
Re: Bracket Tags
Thank you for your detailed and thoughtful response. Bracket Tags is an idea worth exploring more. I hadn't considered separating the argument from the evidence into a separate note. I'll have to experiment and see if this type of atomization helps my idea generation. I do see this happening in retrospect. Linking in this… -
Re: Bracket Tags
I think there are a few reasons why we link. 1. Referencing content spelled out elsewhere. This is a great use case for very specific Zettel ID links. They point in one direction, and the content being referenced is contained in the structure note at the end of that link. Example: In this case, the key premises of the… -
Re: The Difference Between Good and Bad Tags
What is the relationship between object notes and object tags? When should you use one rather than the other? Until recently, my standard practice was to start with an object note. So using the example from the discussion here, I might take a statement like: And create notes like this: But recently, I've been feeling some…