Some discussions about tags and backlinks in the note system (Chinese and English)

1. How do you use tags and backlinks when taking scientific literature notes?

First off, I'm still developing these ideas too, so I don't have any new videos lately. Everything below is just my current thoughts.

For journal articles, I'll probably use tags now. Also, I would create a new vault for a project or paper at the very beginning and start scraping resources in the vault as well as in my Zotero related to a topic I care about.

I didn't like tags before, but I've found that tags can now show up in hierarchies and count how many times you've used the tag so far to give a hint of its importance. This is very useful (thanks to Juneday's previous roundup for sharing) because you can get an overview of the tags, and the "backlinks" UI contains too much information for me.

When I'm reading other references, I'll quickly tag something and keep my eye on the current content, and when I've digested all the papers, I'll get a ton of tags and how much I've just tagged numbers. Next, I'll try to organize all the tabs into a few new notes that can help me organize my thinking. Then, keep refining your thoughts and generate new notes. You can use mind mapping tools or diagramming tools such as Markmind or the diagram plugin to help you organize your structure.

2. Do you use the same name for both tags and backlinks?

As above, "Next, I'm going to try to organize all the tags into new notes that can help me organize my thinking", so the names may be different between tags and backlinks.

3. For your system, how do you differentiate between tags and backlinks?

Labels: I use it as a "categorization" clue for the classification and importance of various collected research data.

Backlinks: Two different situations where backlinks are used.

i. You can link your notes at any time by linking backlinks to different articles. It acts as a clue to let you know where the note or idea came from. This is important for your organization of reference materials.

ii. After digesting the content of the tagging system, make their own "integrated notes". Then use backlinks to connect all the integrated notes to the final output.

4. Have you written new articles with obsidian to link connections (using Graph view)? If so, can existing notes be embedded into the article?

To be honest, I rarely use Graph views. As I mentioned, I create a new vault for a project or a dissertation I'm focused on. So basically I know all the locations of the file or resource in the vault.

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1. How do you use Tags and Backlinks when taking scientific literature notes?

First of all, I am still developing these ideas too so I haven't had a new video recently.

All the contents below are just my current thinking.

For journal article, I am likely to use Tags now.

Also, I will create a new vault for a certain project or paper I am focusing in at the very first beginning and start to grab resources relate to the topic I am focusing on in the vault as well as in my Zotero library.

I don't like tags before but I find out that tags can have shown in the hierarchy recently and it can count how many tags you used.

This is super useful because you can have a general view of tags while the user interface of “backlinks” contains too much info for me.

While I read other reference papers, I will quickly tag things and keep the focus on the current content and after I digest all papers I will get a lot of tags and also the numbers of how many tags I have just tagged. Next, I will try to organize all the tags into several new notes that can help me organize my thinking. Then, just keep refining your thoughts and generate new notes. You can use mind map tools or diagram tools for example Markmind, diagram plugin in obsidian to help you organize the structure.

2. Do you use the same names (eg Metabolism) for both Tags and Backlinks?

"Next, I will try to organize all the tags into new notes that can help me organize my thinking" so the name might be different between tags and backlinks.

3.How do you differentiate Tags and Backlinks for your system?

Tags: clues to categories, classification of your adventure in research papers.

Backlinks: Two different situations using backlinks.

i. You can always link backlinks to different articles to connect notes. It serves as the clue for you to know where the notes or ideas come from. It's important for you to organize references.

ii. Make an "insight note" after digesting the tag system's contents. Then connect all the insight notes to the final output using backlinks.

4. Have you used Obsidian to write new articles linking the connections (using graph view)? — if so, write can you embedded existing notes into the news article?

Honestly, I rarely use graph view.

As I mentioned I will create a new vault for a certain project or paper I am focusing on.

So basically I know all the locations of the papers or resources in the vault.

5. Have you heard Research Rabbit ? This seems cool to get hand dirty.

Yes and I think it will change many things in the future.

I might try to use it soon.

It will be a game-changer.

Looking forward to hearing from you too.