---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: David R <address@hidden> Date: Thursday, December 19, 2019 Subject: Properties Drawer versus tags To: Lawrence Bottorff <address@hidden>
On Thursday, December 19, 2019, Lawrence Bottorff <address@hidden> wrote: > Very simple, largely philosophical question: When/why use a properties drawer below a heading versus just using tags on the heading? What are the advantages, disadvantages of both? > LB
At the most basic level, the difference is simple: Properties connect two ideas, while tags are each a single idea.
Properties often show a category along with a fact that belongs in that category, such as "Book type" - "Fiction".
If you have several categories that continually come up, and those categories will have various facts tied to them, then you probably want properties. But if the categories are inconsistent from item to item, or if the categories don't matter and you only need the individual facts, then tags may make more sense.