From: David R <davidandrewrogers@gmail.com>
To: emacs-orgmode list <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Fwd: Properties Drawer versus tags
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2019 22:47:06 -0800 [thread overview]
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From: David R <davidandrewrogers@gmail.com>
Date: Thursday, December 19, 2019
Subject: Properties Drawer versus tags
To: Lawrence Bottorff <borgauf@gmail.com>
On Thursday, December 19, 2019, Lawrence Bottorff <borgauf@gmail.com> wrote:
> Very simple, largely philosophical question: When/why use a properties
drawer below a heading versus just using tags on the heading? What are the
advantages, disadvantages of both?
> LB
At the most basic level, the difference is simple: Properties connect two
ideas, while tags are each a single idea.
Properties often show a category along with a fact that belongs in that
category, such as "Book type" - "Fiction".
If you have several categories that continually come up, and those
categories will have various facts tied to them, then you probably want
properties. But if the categories are inconsistent from item to item, or if
the categories don't matter and you only need the individual facts, then
tags may make more sense.
And there's nothing to stop you from using both.
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David Rogers
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2019-12-20 6:24 Properties Drawer versus tags Lawrence Bottorff
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2019-12-20 6:46 ` David R
2019-12-20 6:47 ` David R [this message]
2019-12-20 11:54 ` Allen Li
2019-12-20 15:18 ` Ken Mankoff
2019-12-20 16:35 ` Lawrence Bottorff
2019-12-20 17:17 ` Adam Porter
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