# Obsidian Zettelkasten **URL:** \ **Category:** Knowledge management\ **Tags:** zettelkasten\ **Created:** [June 16, 2020, 7:12pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/obsidian-zettelkasten/1999 "2020-06-16T19:12:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 257
**Author:** ![lizardmenfromspace](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/lizardmenfromspace/32/19233_2.png) [@lizardmenfromspace](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/lizardmenfromspace)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 2:54pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/obsidian-zettelkasten/1999/257 "2020-10-21T14:54:24Z")
So I like the thought of UID other than standard titles is because they provide secondary features that can be useful (see below). But how it is structured in Obsidian, means I lose out on the utility of autocompletion and backlinks. I’m working on an Obsidian Publish site in a separate vault, implementing just straight titles, and I’m starting to like it more. The main issue with titles is you lose that redundancy and sometimes you don’t always know what to title a note. I am still processing and trying to decide on what I’d like to do long term. **Here is my writing on UIDs so far** > [@Obsidian Zettelkasten](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/obsidian-zettelkasten/1999/244): > > 244 - Unique Identifiers UID Primary Purpose The primary purpose of each unique identifier is the quite obvious. It serves as a way to point towards another piece of information. Whether it be point to a whole another note (e.g. see note Metacognition) or section of a note (e.g. see Metamemory section in Metacognition note). With a digital system you can create a clickable link to it (e.g. see 202006011558 Metacognition). The whole point of it is it allows you to pull up more information when… --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/obsidian-zettelkasten/1999)._