note

Private text content, primarily for the author. Journal entries, PKM notes, fleeting ideas, drafts. Notes have no engagement metrics, no platform, no audience — they’re yours.

A note can reference other notes (Zettelkasten-style linking) and can be extracted from sources (literature notes from books, articles, videos).

Metadata	Value
Plural	`notes`

Fields

Field	Type
`noteType`	`string`
`isPinned`	`boolean`

Relations

Relation	Target
`createdBy`	`person`
`references`	`note[]`
`extractedFrom`	`webpage`

Prior art

External standards this shape draws from or aligns with. See Shape design principles for how prior art informs shape design.

Zettelkasten / Luhmann slip-box — Our noteType (fleeting/literature/permanent) is the canonical Zettelkasten triad; references[] ≈ Luhmann’s permanent links.
W3C Web Annotation Data Model — Our extractedFrom = target; createdBy = creator. Notes are annotations without a structured position selector.
Obsidian / Roam / Logseq PKM conventions — Practical PKM lineage. isPinned/noteType mirror the “pinned/daily/permanent” UX of modern note apps.