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On 7/31/2012 9:23 AM, Robert Horn wrote:
> I agree.  The real use needs more clarification.  Things like ID are
> already well hidden as :PROPERTIES: until the user explicitly opens the
> drawer for viewing.  I don't understand the need to hide those further, so
> a better explanation of why is needed.

One common use would be to store the creation & last-modification dates 
of each entry.  I've tried various ways of doing it and they all were 
too obtrusive to use on _every_ entry.   Time-stamping of all entries
would be extremely useful, just as time-stamping of files is.
But I don't want to see the timestamps during normal Org usage.