Status:: evergreen
Tags:: writing Roam Research
A direct quote from someone else is always in quotes with an inline quote tag
Where do I use tags and where do I use pages?
Writing goes under pages and tags are used to collect topics. No or very little writing is done on a tag page.
metadata & attributes
metadata is Capitalized
Source::
metadata is directly at the top of a page not indented under any blocks
tags are lowercase
#``video
Page Names are questions, titles (proper nouns)
If I feel the question is sufficiently answered I may change the page name to a statement
Should Roam adhere to a personal style guide?
Roam should adhere to a personal style guide
For media types (books, articles, videos, quotes)
Always use standard metadata templates and remove unused attributes as necessary
Quote metadata
Author & book title are to use namespace page references. This allows for custom formatting as well as more granular queries and searches
Author/AUTHOR_NAME or Person/AUTHOR_NAME
Book/BOOK_NAME
One-off quotes and ideas use inline metadata to keep the writing process fluid while preserving the idea source. These are often converted to pages on a second edit pass
Use Keyword queries to find related phrases
datalog Query
Show all blocks that contain a word or phrase (partially working)
:q [:find ?s ?r
:where
[?e :block/string ?s]
[(re-matches #"(?i)\b.*(queries).*" ?s)]
[?e :block/uid ?r]
]
For ideas about how to navigate a roam multiplayer graph take a look at the [[Style guide from Roam Book Club v1]]