# Metadata standard

**URL:** <https://forum.obsidian.md/t/metadata-standard/802>\
**Category:** Feature archive\
**Created:** [May 29, 2020, 11:55pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/metadata-standard/802 "2020-05-29T23:55:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![sam.baron](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/sam.baron/32/20_2.png) [@sam.baron](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/sam.baron)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 8:09pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/metadata-standard/802/5 "2020-07-06T20:09:48Z")

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A few YAML-related issues:

- There are potential conflicts between the YAML spec and Obsidian. `#` is a reserved character for comments, and `[]` are reserved characters for flow styles. What does that mean for including tags and links?
- There is a bug in edit mode where in YAML front-matter bounded by `---`, tags and links are not clickable - [https://forum.obsidian.md/t/cannot-follow-links-or-tags-in-front-matter-in-edit-view/1144](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/cannot-follow-links-or-tags-in-front-matter-in-edit-view/1144). This may be related to the issue above.
- In preview mode, YAML front matter bounded by `---` without blank lines are rendered as `<h2>`.

So at least out-of-the-box, there are problems with CodeMirror and YAML front-matter in Obsidian. I understand this was not intentional.

Not sure where to go from here on this issue, but I am hoping for some metadata guidance soon, even if there are no related features for awhile.

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