# Frontmatter Tag/Link Handling

**URL:** <https://forum.obsidian.md/t/frontmatter-tag-link-handling/5146>\
**Category:** Basement\
**Created:** [September 1, 2020, 11:00am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/frontmatter-tag-link-handling/5146 "2020-09-01T11:00:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![CalGeorge](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/ed655f/32.png) [@CalGeorge](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/CalGeorge)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2020, 11:54am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/frontmatter-tag-link-handling/5146/4 "2020-09-01T11:54:28Z")

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I do see now that this has been recently discussed here:

> [@Include / show note links in yaml frontmatter (v0.8.5)](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/include-show-note-links-in-yaml-frontmatter-v0-8-5/4673/17):
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> That’s what I meant. I was interested in YAML, mainly for sorting purposes (among other benefits to YAML). I appreciate sorting by the date in YAML, rather than by edit time. I would have taken a sort function by creation date, but with respect to migration, I think that would screw some things up, so yeah, thats why I like the sorting by YAML idea.

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