vCard support for contact management

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vCard (.vcf) files are the most durable files for contact information, in my experience. I even have some from my old Palm, and they are the default export format for contacts in Android.
It’s a plain text format, just like markdown.

I’d love to use Obsidian to edit vcf files like it handles editing properties.

BEGIN:VCARD
VERSION:2.1
N:Watson;John
FN:John Watson
EMAIL;INTERNET:[email protected]
TEL;CELL:555 1312222114
UID:"John Watson, [email protected]"
NOTE:He works with [[Sherlock Holmes.vcf]].
END:VCARD

If I had each contact in a separate vcf file, I could use the NOTE attribute to link the files and visualize the relationship structures in the graph view.

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hello Mutzu. I have had the exact same challenge. how to have a nice link between contact informations and my note taking workflow.

In the end decided to develop a community plugin that is now listed. “VCF contacts”

vfz-contacts-overview
vfz-contacts-overview1472×977 198 KB

Feel free to ask questions via the Reddit post "Contacts Are Central to My Work—So Why Do the Tools Let Me Down? "or the github community page.

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Thanks a lot for your work and and telling me about it! I like the design of the cards!