MentisCell – Notes Best Practices: Frontmatter vs Body

Summary

Frontmatter and body serve different purposes.
Frontmatter = global metadata. Body = contextual content.

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MentisCell – Notes Best Practices: Frontmatter vs Body

Content

• Frontmatter (YAML): applies to the whole note.
  • Example: date, tags, aliases.
• Body: applies to specific sections or blocks.
  • Example: inline fields, contextual tags.
• Context dictates where information belongs.
• Tags are global, but some plugins (Tasks, Dataview) use them in lists.

Essence

• Frontmatter = global scope.
• Body = local scope.
• Context decides placement.

Interconnections

• Hub – Notes Best Practices
• Metadata and input quality
• Linking process

Tags

#frontmatter #metadata #bestpractices #mentiscraft

Contributors

Created with the support of Microsoft Copilot on 2025-10-04.
Validated and edited by Jorge Godoy.

Source or Origin of Information

• Original - Notes Best Practices