Maintain a keyword index in your Zettelkasten
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The role of topics, whether instantiated via wiki-links or tags, is two-fold:
- Topics can serve as index notes providing an entry point to a series of thoughts
- Topics allow you to dredge up notes that might otherwise be forgotten
The question often arises of whether to use wiki-links or tags. Tags serve as metadata in my own system, allowing for queries. Wiki-links, on the other hand, can contain actual content, and are therefore used for topic notes where I may want to summarize thoughts on a few notes.
It is a shame, though, that wiki-links (visually) create hubs that dismantle spontaneous sequential readings of a series of thoughts.