When importing references from Zotero to Obsidian, I’m encountering some issues, particularly with annotations and images. While most of the data imports correctly, including metadata like titles, authors, and abstracts, the annotations I’ve made in Zotero and any images associated with the references often don’t come through as expected.
What works:
The core bibliographic information, such as titles, authors, publication dates, and abstracts, is imported without any problems.
The links back to the Zotero entries also seem to work fine, ensuring that I can easily trace back to the original source.
What doesn’t work:
Annotations I’ve added to PDFs in Zotero, such as highlights and notes, are not consistently imported into Obsidian. This is a significant issue for me because these annotations often contain critical insights that I want to include in my notes within Obsidian.
Similarly, images embedded in the references, whether in the form of figures or screenshots I’ve added to Zotero, do not appear in Obsidian after the import. This disrupts the visual aspect of my notes, which is crucial for certain types of content, such as charts or diagrams.
I’ve tried different export formats (e.g., Markdown, HTML) and different plugins or scripts meant to bridge Zotero and Obsidian, but these have not resolved the issue with annotations and images.
I also ensured that both Zotero and Obsidian are up to date, as well as any plugins involved in the process.
This is the template im using:
{% if title %}Tittel: “{{title}}”{% endif %}
Forfattere: {{authors}}{{directors}}
{% if publicationTitle %}Publisert: “{{publicationTitle}}”{% endif %}
{% if date %}Dato: {{date | format(“YYYY-MM-DD”)}}{% endif %}
citekey: {{citekey}}
Tagger: {{hashTags}}
{{title}}
Bibliografi : {{bibliography}}
Nettsidelink : {{url}}
Zotero link : {{pdfZoteroLink}}
Tagger : {{hashTags}}
[!abstract]+
« {{abstractNote}} »
{% for annotation in annotations -%}
[!Annotation|{{annotation.color}}]+
{%- if annotation.annotatedText -%}« {{annotation.annotatedText}} »({{annotation.page}}){% endif %}{% if annotation.imageRelativePath %}![[{{annotation.imageRelativePath}}]]{% endif %}{% if annotation.comment %}{{annotation.comment}}{%- endif %}
{% endfor %}