We need to set you up so that we are all in sync. The following needs to be done:

1. Download and install Obsidian
2. Clone this repo to your local machine and set the branch to develop. (All Pull Requests must be to develop, only the bran maintainer may push to master.)
3. Open Obsidian and Open folder as vault, head over to the Marys Room folder inside the SecondBrain repo and select it.
4. Accept all the plugins and community plugins that we have added.
5. Head over to the Marys Room node and you can explore the system from there.

After going through the setup note, please check out the Team Conventions and Tips.

• All the notes use the Markdown markup language.
• Use ctrl + N to open a new note, type in the title and then use ctrl + T to insert a new template. The title and date will automatically be filled in. There are many different templates that you can choose from, depending on what you want to do.
• Use [[]] with the note that you want to link inside, to link the current note you are using.

You can structure the note as fits the purpose. What is important to include is the relevant metadata. The metadata allows us to organise the data and tag each other in relevant material. The metadata is organised as Key :: Value. For example Creator :: Michael, since Michael is the creator of this note.
The possible metadata that is included in a note is:

• Topics ::
• Reference ::
• Type :: #intro
• Creator ::
• Rating ::
• TAF ::
• Discussion ::
• Dis_Topic ::
• Resolved ::
• Date :: {{date:YYYY-MM-DD}}{{time: HH:mm}}

All the metadata keys will explained in the [[Team Conventions]] node.

There are folders for atoms, molecules, particle, topics, sources and tables. After you have created a new note, simply drag it into the appropriate folder. All the different templates can be viewed in the templates folder.

If you add any images or other attachments, please move them to the attachments folder.

Topics are the overarching concept that connects similar concepts to each other. As the graph and connections grow subtopics could emerge. You should link only the most relevant or closets topics by adding any other related topics. For example if you are working on a concept with meta-labelling is should look like this: Topic :: [[Marys Room]], Machine Learning

Therefore you only link the subtopic or closets topic but also reference or tag the main topic.

Tables are way to see content that you are tagged, need to discuss or see recent activity. Tables use dataview which is similar to SQL. If would like to make your own table please check the dataview website to learn how to use it. If open up Obsidian, please check the [[Discussion]] and [[Tagged Content]] tables to see if someone needs you to look at something. You can explore the other tables as well to see interesting ideas or track progress.

If you encounter any problems with the initial setup, please tag Michael in MS Teams.

Alternatively if there is something wrong, please make sure to check the following.

• Make sure the following setting are correct. Core Plugins installed

  • Sync
  • Templates
  • Publish

  Community Plugins

  • Admonition
  • Dataview
  • Sliding Pans

Setting -> Options -> Files & Links -> Excluded files : attachments scripts templates Tables

Everything should be setup now and your journey to start contributing to the room is ready to go! Please make sure to go through [[Team Conventions]] and [[Tips]].

Topics:: [[Marys Room]] Reference:: Type:: #intro Creator :: Michael Date:: 2022-07-04 09:17