Typed Links
The breadcrumbs plugin introduces the idea of typed links between notes, these can occur in the front matter or in the text. Rather than just establishing a link between notes, you can then create a relationship (and inferred relationships) between notes. The plugin comes out of the box with âup/downâ relationships for hierarchal notes and âprevious/nextâ for sequential notes. Outside of that you can create what ever custom relationships you like. With the relationships established, you are provided a tool bar for navigating the relationships.
Typed links can be visualized with the Juggl plugin or as a side pane.
Plugins
Obsidian / Zotero citation setup
Obsidian / Readwise Sync
If you are a user of both Obsidian and Readwise, particularly if you use Readwise Reader, the official Readwise plugin is helpful. Before syncing, I recommend tweaking the formatting options. The default setup places tags within the body of the note as links. This can be noisy in obsidian graph view. I recommend removing that section from the metadata and moving into the YAML front matter section as so:
id: {{ title }}
aliases: []
author: {{ author }}
{% if document_tags -%}
tags: {% for tag in document_tags %}
- {{tag}}{% endfor %}
{% endif %}1. Phelan, A. An Updated Academic Workflow: Zotero & Obsidian. https://medium.com/@alexandraphelan/an-updated-academic-workflow-zotero-obsidian-cffef080addd (2023).