This question is going to go a little off the original topic. I wonder how far you can push your model of replacing the org-file with a database. It looks like it would be easy to extend to something like a shared bibliography.
How far could you push it for something like a shared set of documents, e.g. a shared notebook on a project? How feasible would it be to access tables or src blocks in these if they were in a database? or to build an agenda from entries in the database? Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support> writes: > * Russell Adams <rlad...@adamsinfoserv.com> [2021-02-28 12:07]: >> The only reason I don't use BBDB is I want to use Org to allow me to >> maintain notes about contacts (ie: CRM). Yes, I get that I could have >> a CRM file and link in BBDB contacts, but that feels like adding >> layers. > > I have replaced using Org file as the central system with the `people` > database as the central system. This may sound confusing. Instead of > using exclusively Org file, I am using the database and addint notes > to people in the database. A note can have any major or minor mode, > thus it could be text or Org file or markdown file, enriched mode or > restructured text, asciidoc, or similar. > > My workflow is to find the person first, then press N to see notes, or > M-n to create a new note. Concepts I am explaining may serve some > people to create their own workflows. > > Using database for that allows easily collaboration in real time with > other team members and inclusion or insertion of new contacts during > marketing activities without interruption. Org files are not suitable > for such collaborative updates. > >> The stumbling point for me has been exporting to my mobile phone. I'm >> fine with a one way sync from my BBDB/Org solution to the phone, but >> I feel like I never found a good option. > > bbdb-vcard package is here: > https://melpa.org/packages/bbdb-vcard-20201016.1902.tar > > Jean -- Professor John Kitchin Doherty Hall A207F Department of Chemical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213 412-268-7803 @johnkitchin http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu
