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Re: Obsidian Bases

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They are using a yaml file with .base extension for this. https://help.obsidian.md/bases/syntax

I like the things that come out of Obsidian. I can walk out easily if need be and won't be worried that I'm stuck to a proprietary format. I believe their `.canvas` format is also just JSON.

Re: Obsidian Bases

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Bases seem like a great alternative to Dataview [0] but better supported and with simpler syntax than literally writing inline JavaScript for more complicated stuff. You can also export your table as CVS and they plan to properly support Obsidian Publish which was never supported in Dataview. [0]: https://github.com/blacksmithgu/obsidian-dataview , I was a big fan but it seems the author has stopped actively developi…

> Datacore is a work-in-progress re-imagining of Dataview with a focus on 2-10x better query and rendering performance, as well as fully interactable views. https://github.com/blacksmithgu/datacore

The repo is now almost 3 years old (started in December 2022) but you still can't install the plugin via Obsidian. Looking at their roadmap, several features have been completed but for some reason they don't think it's ready to for use.

Re: Obsidian Bases

#13

They are using a yaml file with .base extension for this. https://help.obsidian.md/bases/syntax

I like the things that come out of Obsidian. I can walk out easily if need be and won't be worried that I'm stuck to a proprietary format. I believe their `.canvas` format is also just JSON.

It is! And they separated the spec for it out into a separate thing: https://jsoncanvas.org/
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