Two questions for you #pkm folks and those that use #zettelkasten (-derived) methods:
In your eyes,
1.) Should permanent notes be edited once created, or should they let be and a fresh note refering to them be made instead?
2.) what differentiates a permanent note from an evergreen note?
1. Whatever works for you.
2. Whatever you decide, should you choose to use those note categories.
I think what’s important to understand is that the ZK method – or any method for note taking – only works once you’ve made it your own.
Spending to much time thinking about adhering to some arbitrary rules is just a time waster.
That said: Reading about what others do and how they formalize their note taking style provides important inspiration.
@anders The system I seem to have arrived at is that permanent notes are working notes with strong embeddings in time and semantics, so I don‘t try to touch the context once I‘ve created them. Even if I rework the idea, I want to see where I‘ve come from.
By contrast evergreen notes can be touched and reworked and are basically output nodes/aggregation points that purposely break the time embedding of ideas and knowledge.
@spinningthoughts I’ve note types for Highlight (verbatim extraction from a source) and Thought (often sparked by a Highlight) which both very rarely are edited after they are added.
But, just like you, I’ve other note types that are more in flux. Thread the most common one.
Sevoris
Anders Thoresson