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From: Matt Lundin <mdl@imapmail.org>
Subject: Re: ID property for top-of-file?
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 17:07:36 -0500
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Nathan Neff <nathan.neff@gmail.com> writes:

> I like the org-id-goto function and use it all the time.
>
> I use org-id to jump to my "refile.org" file, but I always need
> to create a headline to store the ID property.
>
> I tried putting #+ID: foo property at the top of the file, but the
> org-id-goto function couldn't find foo unless I put it under a headline.
>
> Would this be a difficult feature to request?  I have several files that
> work this way, where I have to keep a dummy headline.

What advantages would this offer beyond what [[file:~/org/refile.org]]
or (find-file "~/org/refile.org") provide? 

Best,
Matt