title: Sz Encoding role: manual tags: #api #manual #reference #zettelstore syntax: zmk back: 00001004051200 00001007031300 00001007031400 00001008010500 00001012053500 00001012920500 00001012920525 00001012920528 backward: 00001004051200 00001007031300 00001007031400 00001008010500 00001012053500 00001012920500 00001012920525 00001012920528 00001012931000 box-number: 1 copyright: (c) 2020-present by Detlef Stern created: 20220422181104 forward: 00001012930000 00001012931000 lang: en license: EUPL-1.2-or-later modified: 20250102214350 published: 20250102214350 visibility: public A zettel representation that is a [s-expression](00001012930000) (also known as symbolic expression). It is (relatively) easy to parse and contains all relevant information of metadata, content or the whole zettel. For example, take a look at the Sz encoding of this page, which is available on the “Info” sub-page of this zettel: * [/z/00001012920516?enc=sz&part=zettel](/z/00001012920516?enc=sz&part=zettel), * [/z/00001012920516?enc=sz&part=meta](/z/00001012920516?enc=sz&part=meta), * [/z/00001012920516?enc=sz&part=content](/z/00001012920516?enc=sz&part=content). Some zettel provide a more detailed description of the [Sz encoding](00001012931000). If transferred via HTTP, the content type will be `text/plain`.