On 2019-09-11, at 01:11, John Kitchin <jkitc...@andrew.cmu.edu> wrote:
> This sounds like an interesting application with a lot of complexities. > It definitely blurs the lines between a database where you could run > queries to find/update records, and a human readable, structured data > file that also does this. This reminds me of this: https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2012/01/06/how-trello-is-different/ I just had a minor enlightenment why Org-mode is so successful (within its niche, of course). It implements a bunch of very general data structures - a tree, a table, a dictionary - and a few slightly more specific - a clock table, TODOs/tags, markup... Best, -- Marcin Borkowski http://mbork.pl
