- This feature is called
namespaces
. - It doesn’t have particular documentation.
- Can find videos online.
- It is simple enough: just put a forward slash
/
between a “surname” (left part) and a “name” (right part)- Repeat for as many surnames as needed:
- almost always none
- sometimes one
- rarely more than one
- Repeat for as many surnames as needed:
- It is meant to be used for disambiguation of otherwise identically named pages.
- Using namespaces for hierarchical systems is a well-known bad idea.
- For a general hierarchical structure, the outliner is enough.
- Consider using in combination with The contextual sidebar: query current page and organize pages in indexes
- For composite hierarchical systems, the right tool is properties.
- The coming database version will hopefully make this right.
- Meanwhile, could experiment with Generate explicit hierarchy out of properties
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