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Norman Walsh <ndw@nwalsh.com> writes:

> Gustav Wikström <gustav@whil.se> writes:
>>   I propose a "document" element in org-element, a property-drawer on
>>   document-level, a setting-drawer on document-level and
>>   property-keywords (slightly different than what already exist). And
>>   would like your comments regarding that!
>
> When I started searching for ways to put arbitrary metadata on org
> documents, I was very surprised to find that there didn’t appear to be
> support for a top-level properties drawer. This seems like a good idea
> to me.

+1

BTW being able to write lines like 

    #title: foo title

*anywhere* in the file to produce that title always astonished me.


Ciao,  Marco