Is there anyone who is also adopting the methodology of having several notes in a file and linking by headers?
I mean what is normally done in Zettelkasten is that for each “permanent note” a single file is created and then links are naturally given between those notes. These scattered notes can make more sense using methodologies like Folgezettel that help to locate them faster by means of lines of thought, also MOCs could be used…
In this example what you are doing is creating a MOC of Sumerians and then creating atomic notes like “The Sumerians were a people from Mesopotamia” which is related to “Mesopotamia had several empires”.
Now to my point:
Why not use in a single file several notes and link them by headers?
The file name, would be the line of thought that is being created (following the Folgezettel philosophy) and from this create atomic notes. I attach an image of how an interpretation could be given, following the previous example.
In the example what is being done is that the line of thought about everything related to the Sumerians which has a header of “The Sumerians were a people from Mesopotamia” where it is related to a header of “Mesopotamia had several empires” of the line of thought of Mesopotamia.
In this given example the essence of the Zettelksaten is not being lost since each note, which in our case is a header, is atomic (it contains only one idea) and can be linked.
The advantages of this paradigm shift can be the following:
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Each file has a substantial value, since everything that is known about the line of thought is captured in a single file.
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At the moment of linking through headers you can see the general context of the other notes you have created.
What I would like to know is if you know other people who adopt this style, personally I have been inspired by a content creator called Emowe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OP1BZNmIO90&list=WL&index=2. who calls it Digitalete.
I think there are more things to improve but I would like to know of more references and there is the question, have a nice day.