What is the proper formatting for multiple topics in properties in Obsidian

[DJP]

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What I’m trying to do

I’m searching for the proper way to format “Topics” in the property section of Obsidian with multiple topics.

Is it: Topics: [work, economy, job outlook, out sourcing]

Does each topic need quotes around it, or brackets around it, or?

Things I have tried

I have searched Obsidian documentation and also searched online even using AI and receive different responses.

Thank you for your help

[Zodian]

Properties - Obsidian Help

[DJP]

I don’t see any place there that specifically lists multiple “Topics” and how to format. I see “Tags” which I understand, but not “Topics.”

[Pch]

If you want a simple list type of key, this should indeed be usable as it is :

---
Topics: [work, economy, job outlook, out sourcing]
---

Now, if you use Properties in Live Preview/Reading and interact in any way with Properties, Obsidian will automatically reformat the array as a bulleted list:

---
Topics:
  - work
  - economy
  - job outlook
  - out sourcing
---

When it comes to the use of quotes though, I think they’re used in list type of keys for things like numbers …

---
numbers:
  - "1"
  - "2"
  - "2.5"
  - "3"
---

… internal links:

---
links:
  - "[[Start here]]"
  - "[[Vault is just a local folder]]"
---

… and also possibly when a value contain or start with maybe (I’m not entirely sure ) one or another character that should be escaped (but I don’t know which ones exactly )

[DJP]

Thank you - that was the help I was looking for.

[Pch]

My pleasure !