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<h2 class="chapter">2 A Brief Introduction to the Zettelkasten Method</h2>
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<p>Org-roam provides utilities for maintaining a digital slip-box. This section
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aims to provide a brief introduction to the “slip-box”, or “Zettelkasten”
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method. By providing some background on the method, we hope that the design
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decisions of Org-roam will become clear, and that will aid in using Org-roam
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appropriately. In this section we will also introduce terms commonly used within
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the Zettelkasten community, which will also commonly appear in the Org-roam
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forums and channels of discussion.
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<p>The Zettelkasten method of note-taking is designed to increase research
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productivity: in particular, it acts as a research partner, where conversations
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with it may produce new and surprising lines of thought. This method is
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attributed to German sociologist Niklas Luhmann, who using the method had
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produced volumes of written works.
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<p>In its paper form, the slip-box is simply a box of cards. These cards are small
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– often only large enough to fit a single concept. The size limitation
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encourages ideas to be broken down into individual concepts. These ideas are
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explicitly linked together. The breakdown of ideas encourages tangential
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exploration of ideas, increasing the surface for thought. Making linking
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explicit between notes also encourages one to think about the connections
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between concepts.
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<p>Org-roam is the slip-box, digitalized in Org-mode. Every zettel (card) is a
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plain-text, Org-mode file. These files are often placed in the same directory.
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In the same way one would maintain a paper slip-box, Org-roam makes it easy to
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create new zettels, pre-filling boilerplate content using a powerful templating
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system. Org-roam also facilitates the linking of zettels using Org-mode <code>file:</code>
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links.
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<p>A slip-box requires a method of quickly capturing ideas. These are called
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<strong>fleeting notes</strong>: they are simple reminders of information or ideas that will
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need to be processed later on, or trashed. This is typically accomplished using
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<code>org-capture</code> (see <a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/org/capture.html#capture">(org)capture</a>), or using Org-roam’s daily notes
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functionality (see <a href="Daily-Notes.html#Daily-Notes">Daily Notes</a>). This provides a central inbox for collecting
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thoughts, to be processed later into permanent notes.
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<p>Permanent notes are further split into two categories: <strong>literature notes</strong> and
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<strong>concept notes</strong>. Literature notes can be brief annotations on a particular
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source (e.g. book, website or paper), that you’d like to access later on.
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Concept notes require much more care in authoring: they need to be
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self-explanatory and detailed. Org-roam’s templating system supports the
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addition of different templates to facilitate the creation of these notes.
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