%% [[Writing Philosophy with Hypertext]] [[note]] [[PKM]] %% [[Writing Philosophy with Hypertext]] - [[The Study of Writing]] - [[Writing and Thinking|Writing and Thinking]] - [[Notetaking]] - **[[Note Organization Systems]]** # Note Organization Systems - For notes to be used effectively, they must be organized in a way that makes them easy to reference in composition. - Traditionally, notes are organized hierarchically in exclusive folders or similar categorial structures. - Pros: Exclusive hierarchical organization is simple and intuitive. - Cons: Exclusive hierarchical organization requires that notes only appear in one category and that notes in one category cannot directly relate to those in others. Furthermore, locating notes can become difficult as complexity increases since there is only one retrieval procedure (figuring out which category you placed the note in). - However, heterarchical notetaking systems have been employed historically and have become increasingly popular as digitization has greatly increased their practicability. ([[A Brief History of Linked Writing]]) - Pros: Non-exclusive heterarchical organization enables notes to appear in multiple categories and to relate to each other directly. This lowers the retrieval cost by creating multiple ways of finding a note through its relation to other notes. - Cons: Non-exclusive heterarchical notetaking is more complex than exclusive hierarchical notetaking and requires both a more robust technical infrastructure to support heterarchical linking between notes and a level of competency in using those systems. ## References - Luhmann 1992, "Communicating with Slip Boxes" - Stobl et al 2019, "Digital Support for Academic Writing - A Review of Technologies and Pedagogies" - Stock 2016, "Informetric Analyses of Knowledge Organization Systems (KOSs)"