From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David R Subject: Fwd: Properties Drawer versus tags Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2019 22:47:06 -0800 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000cf2f09059a1d0b3f" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:32805) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iiC44-0008EG-VM for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Dec 2019 01:47:10 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iiC43-0003LO-MG for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Dec 2019 01:47:08 -0500 Received: from mail-qt1-x833.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4864:20::833]:35048) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iiC43-0003HI-FA for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Dec 2019 01:47:07 -0500 Received: by mail-qt1-x833.google.com with SMTP id e12so7369890qto.2 for ; Thu, 19 Dec 2019 22:47:07 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Emacs-orgmode" To: emacs-orgmode list --000000000000cf2f09059a1d0b3f Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: David R Date: Thursday, December 19, 2019 Subject: Properties Drawer versus tags To: Lawrence Bottorff On Thursday, December 19, 2019, Lawrence Bottorff 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. -- David Rogers -- -- David Rogers --000000000000cf2f09059a1d0b3f Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

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From: David R <davidandrewrogers@gmail.com>= ;
Date: Thursday, December 19, 2019
Subject: Properties Drawer versus= tags
To: Lawrence Bottorff <bor= gauf@gmail.com>




On Thursday, December 19, 2019, L= awrence Bottorff <borgauf@gmail.com= > wrote:
> Very simple, largely philosophical question: When/w= hy use a properties drawer below a heading versus just using tags on the he= ading? What are the advantages, disadvantages of both?
> LB

At= the most basic level, the difference is simple: Properties connect two ide= as, while tags are each a single idea.

Properties often show a categ= ory along with a fact that belongs in that category, such as "Book typ= e" - "Fiction".

If you have several categories that c= ontinually come up, and those categories will have various facts tied to th= em, then you probably want properties. But if the categories are inconsiste= nt from item to item, or if the categories don't matter and you only ne= ed the individual facts, then tags may make more sense.

And there= 9;s nothing to stop you from using both.

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