Re: Tips on maintaining a knowledge-base ?

[Ian Barton <lists@manor-farm.org>]

d.sturb@gmail.com wrote:
> I've been using org-mode for a little while, I've kept it really simple 
> for now, with only two files :
> - one to act as an inbox, with remember-mode
> - another where I stick just about anything that's been processed from 
> the inbox
> 
> This is great for managing somewhat 'actionable' items, fitting a 
> projects/tasks paradigm, but I keep adding things of a more general 
> nature, that I won't be needing on a day-to-day basis.
> i.e. outlines describing a general topic, some sysadmin how-tos, reading 
> notes etc
> I see these notes more as an archive of knowledge nuggets on selected 
> topics, rather than something I'd need to show up in my agenda view.
> Ideally they would be heavily interlinked in a wiki fashon for easy 
> navigation when referring to it int he future, but I haven't put much 
> effort into that yet (well it's all in one file for now...).
> 
> I was wondering if anyone uses org-mode for this kind of use, and would 
> really be interested in reading how you maintain such a system.
> I'm especially interested in methods that relate to structuring and 
> 'querying' the knowledge base, since it's of no use if information can't 
> be found easily.
> 
I have a notes.org, which is a first stage dumping ground for a remember 
template. I use org refile to place my note into its correct file. I 
find that using tags and sub headings makes things easy to find. If all 
else fails there is always grep.

For example in my computer.org I have:

* Tips and Tricks.
** ssh
*** Force password authentication
*** Tunne Firefox over ssh


Ian.