title: Credential Key Type
role: manual
tags: #manual #meta #reference #zettel #zettelstore
syntax: zmk
back: 00001006030000 00001012931200
backward: 00001006030000 00001012931200
box-number: 1
copyright: (c) 2020-present by Detlef Stern <ds@zettelstore.de>
created: 20210212135017
lang: en
license: EUPL-1.2-or-later
modified: 20230419175515
published: 20230419175515
visibility: public

Values of this type denote a credential value, e.g. an encrypted password.
=== Allowed values
All printable characters are allowed.
Since a credential contains some kind of secret, the sequence of characters might have some hidden syntax to be interpreted by other parts of Zettelstore.
=== Query comparison
A credential never compares to any other value.
A comparison will never match in any way.
=== Sorting
If a list of zettel should be sorted based on a credential value, the identifier of the respective zettel is used instead.