Simplified Tag System Documentation

Overview

This document provides a streamlined guide to the tag system used throughout the Obsidian vault. The system focuses on content discovery while leveraging the PARA (Projects, Areas, Resources, Archives) folder structure for organization.

Core Philosophy

• Let PARA folders do organizational work (Projects vs Areas vs Resources)
• Tags are for discovery (finding content by subject/domain)
• Keep only what you actually use

Three Tag Categories

1. Content Maturity

Purpose: Track content lifecycle for processing workflow.

• 📥_New - Unprocessed capture
• 🌱_Active - Currently working on
• 🌲_Evergreen - Polished reference content
• 📦_Archive - Historical/completed

Usage: Every piece of content should have exactly one maturity tag (min: 1, max: 1).

2. Content Format

Purpose: What type of content is this?

• 📍_MOC - Map of Content
• 🗒️_Note - General notes
• 📖_Reference - External resources/links
• 📋_Template - Reusable templates
• 🎬_Script - Screenplays
• 📚_Course - Educational material
• 💻_Project_Doc - Project documentation
• ☢️_Atomic - Core concept notes

Usage: Every piece of content should have exactly one format tag (min: 1, max: 1).

3. Subject/Domain

Purpose: What is this about? (primary discovery mechanism)

• 🎬_Film - Film/cinema
• 📸_Photography - Photography
• 🎭_Screenwriting - Script writing
• 🔧_Technical - Programming/tech
• 🏢_Business - Business/career
• 🎨_Creative - Creative work/art
• 📝_Writing - Writing/literature
• 🏆_Fitness - Health/fitness
• 🍽️_Nutrition - Food/recipes
• 🎓_Learning - Education/skills
• 🏠_Home - Home management
• 💰_Finance - Financial planning
• 🌎_Travel - Travel and Vacation
• 📍_META - System File

Usage: Apply 1-3 subject tags based on content relevance (min: 1, max: 3).

4. Energy Investment Level

Purpose: Track energy investment for projects and areas in Energy Investment Portfolio.

• 💪_Active_Investment - High energy investments (limit: 2-3 active projects)
• 🍀_Tending_Investment - Medium energy investments (limit: 3-4 tending projects)
• 🧊_Frozen_Investment - Low energy/maintenance mode (no limit)
• ⏳_Someday - Dream investments (stored in 3-Resources/Someday folder)

Usage: Apply exactly one energy investment tag to projects/areas you want to track in your Energy Investment Portfolio. The _Investment suffix distinguishes these from Content Maturity tags (except for Someday)

Tagging Guidelines

Tag Count Requirements

Every piece of content should have:

• Content Maturity tag: exactly 1 (📥_New, 🌱_Active, 🌲_Evergreen, or 📦_Archive)
• Content Format tag: exactly 1 (📍_MOC, 🗒️_Note, 📖_Reference, etc.)
• Subject/Domain tags: 1-3 based on content relevance
• Energy Investment tag: exactly 1 for projects/areas tracked in Energy Investment Portfolio (optional for other content)

Validation: The system will warn when tag counts fall outside these ranges.

Tag Format

• Use underscores (_) instead of spaces or dashes
• Emojis provide visual distinction and quick recognition
• Descriptive text follows the emoji

Common Tag Combinations

Active Project Work:

• 🌱_Active + 💻_Project_Doc + 🔧_Technical

Reference Material:

• 🌲_Evergreen + 📖_Reference + 🔧_Technical

Creative Content:

• 🌱_Active + 🎬_Script + 🎭_Screenwriting + 🎨_Creative

Learning Notes:

• 📥_New + 🗒️_Note + 🎓_Learning + 🔧_Technical

Integration with PARA

• Projects: Use Content Maturity + Content Format + relevant Subject/Domain tags
• Areas: Use Content Maturity + Content Format + relevant Subject/Domain tags
• Resources: Use Content Maturity + Content Format + relevant Subject/Domain tags
• Archives: Use 📦_Archive + original tags for reference