Zettelkasten is a methodology to organise Note-Taking Tips. Instead of emphasise on categorising notes, it focuses on the links between the notes, their atomicity# and the progression of the notes. It could be used to practise Dialogic Learning.
There are several types of zettels:
We could use the characteristics of Zettelkasten to track the progress of a particular project in an index note where the links to the related topics are concentrated there.
Tagging
Don’t tag like an archivist, tag like a writer
Make the tags searchable and in a way that I want to search them. The tags shall be relevant to the contents that the note is talking about or be related to other topics. They should be a tool that is used to understand the context of the note, not as a categorise tool that try to establishing links between notes.
You could ask yourself this on deciding which tag should be used on the note: In which circumstances will I want to stumble upon this note? What is the note primarily talking about?
Folgezettel
In some situation, links alone does not provide much information about the relation between notes. Sometimes, we need a tool to help progress our thought process, to direct us to the next step.
Therefore, folgezettel should be viewed as a sequence of the thought process, at least how generally will I progress on the topic. Again, as with tag, do not get the idea to use folgezettel as a categorise tool.