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# Unlocking linked data: replacing specialized apps with an Org-based semantic wiki
Abhinav Tushar (he/him) - abhinav@lepisma.xyz, https://lepisma.xyz, @lepisma@mathstodon.xyz

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I try to maintain a lot of personal information, annotations, etc. in Org files
but have historically switched back to purpose built apps for different kinds of
data. There are recipe managers for recipes, personal CRM tools for people
related notes, bookmark managers for managing web links, etc. While these apps
do good with the kind of data they work on, they don't operate well together in
the sense that they don't treat *links* between entities as first class citizen. I
believe this gap is where a lot of *personal information* live. As an example,
consider the chain of links that tells 'person a' gave me 'this recipe' on 'my
anniversary'.

After using zettlekasten via Org-roam for some time, I came to realize the power
of links that we (can) form between data of different kinds. For me, these links
offset the loss that comes with leaving specialized apps. With this, I have
again gone back to Org files, but this time deriving good value from links
between notes. Of course there are tons of other benefits of using Org files
like better longevity, portability, versioning, and developer accessibility.

In this talk, I will cover my workflow of creating and managing different kinds
of notes in Org mode based Semantic Wiki and the link types they tend to have. I
will also show my workflow outside of Emacs, where I use small tools that sit on
top of Org files to deliver missing features of niche apps (like availability on
mobile devices, smart cross data-type queries, etc.).

About the speaker:

I am a Programmer and Machine Learning Engineer, and I love working with
computers primary because of the early experiences of infinite extensibility
that Emacs gave me. For this talk I will cover my journey of using Org files
for notes, then leaving for specialized applications, and finally coming back to
Org to unlock the benefits of linked data.

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Another talk by this speaker:

- [EmacsConf - 2023 - talks - MatplotLLM, iterative natural language data visualization in org-babel](https://emacsconf.org/2023/talks/matplotllm/)

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