Folks,

Perhaps I am off track, but I may as well voice observations during my 
learning process, that may have a baring on future enhancements. As I learn 
about filters and fields I was using the advanced search to investigate the 
filter [fields[]] which lists the names of all fields in the tiddlywiki. Of 
note is the list of links generated lend themselves to creating tiddlers 
using each fields name. 

The parallel you would all be familiar with is tags and how you can create 
tiddlers for each tag. Usefully then you can see references, tagged, list 
and listed for that tag. In fact tag tiddlers are a great place to build 
logic or views of your tiddlywiki by that tag, for example a References 
tag, open the references tiddler and see a list of all references...

So, I thought, what if fields are treated the same?, any field-name can 
become a tiddler (already a fact), But what if we take this "feature" 
further and allow default or possible values to be placed in a fields 
corresponding tiddler, on that tiddlers fields and supplement the Info 
button with field references? This could betaken further to define a fields 
qualities even further such as allowable formats eg: number only, 2 decimal 
places etc... 

As I discovered earlier it is actually practical to store in existing 
tiddler fields, macro names, variable names and more so such an approach to 
make fields a first class citizen could open up a universe of possibilities 
further strengthening tiddly-wikis universal and Quine nature.

Just food for thought
Tony



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