# Meta-Data
The organization of this vault does rely heavily on metadata. The fields `categories:`, `type:` and `about:` ensure is always linked to related notes / areas of interest.
These metadata-field are used in every note:
```yaml
---
created: "[[1900-01-01]]"
changed: "[[1900-01-01]]"
categories:
- "[[]]"
type: "[[]]"
about:
- "[[]]" # Empty if purpose-driven
draft: true
publish: false
tags: # At one or empty
- ""
- "#organize"
- "#process"
- "#research"
- "#distill"
- "#draft"
- "#review"
- "#continue"
- "#sleep"
```
If notes are somehow relevant to a life-domain, the field `domains:` is also included.
## Additional fields
Additional metadata fields may be added below the standard fields. The fields depend on the note-type used.
## Icons
The metadata-field are enhanced by icons via [[Obsidian-Iconic]].
---
## Related
- **previous** [[Meta]]
- **see** [[t1a1 metadata-general]] for the metadata-template block
- **see** [[Meta-Bases]] on how the metadata is used in Bases
- **see** [[Meta-Templates]] for available templates
- **see** [[Obsidian-Iconic]] for more information about the plugin
- **see** [[Meta-Icons]] for more information how icons are used
## Sources
- **references** [stephango.com/vault](https://stephango.com/vault#properties-and-templates) for the initial idea of using links as categories in the metadata-block
## Usage
- **used in** none
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## Changelog
- [[2026-06-07]]: Initial creation