(zettel (meta (back "00001000000000") (backward "00001000000000") (box-number "1") (created "00010101000000") (published "00010101000000") (role "manual") (syntax "zmk") (tags "#introduction #manual #zettelstore") (title "Introduction to the Zettelstore")) (rights 4) (encoding "") (content "[[Personal knowledge\nmanagement|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_knowledge_management]] is\nabout collecting, classifying, storing, searching, retrieving, assessing,\nevaluating, and sharing knowledge as a daily activity. Personal knowledge\nmanagement is done by most people, not necessarily as part of their main\nbusiness. It is essential for knowledge workers, like students, researchers,\nlecturers, software developers, scientists, engineers, architects, to name\na few. Many hobbyists build up a significant amount of knowledge, even if the\ndo not need to think for a living. Personal knowledge management can be seen as\na prerequisite for many kinds of collaboration.\n\nZettelstore is a software that collects and relates your notes (\"\"zettel\"\")\nto represent and enhance your knowledge. It helps with many tasks of personal\nknowledge management by explicitly supporting the \"\"[[Zettelkasten\nmethod|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zettelkasten]]\"\". The method is based on\ncreating many individual notes, each with one idea or information, that are\nrelated to each other. Since knowledge is typically build up gradually, one\nmajor focus is a long-term store of these notes, hence the name\n\"\"Zettelstore\"\"."))