Andy Matuschak has written about [a taxonomy of note types](https://notes.andymatuschak.org/Taxonomy_of_note_types ), and I want to try the same. What would my own working taxonomy of notes? Much of the taxonomy below is generated by Matuschak: * Evergreen notes * Stubs, principally defined through backlinks * Bridge notes * Notes abstracting across many different notes * Outline notes In terms of how a note is *named*, I find it useful to distinguish these by grammar. I typically have nouns, noun phrases, and statements. * Nouns (concept handles, proper nouns) * Noun phrases * Statements (declarative, imperative, interrogative) (It's funny—there's a part of me that hates the idea of writing a note with an *imperative* as the title, i.e. "Do this," "Never try this," etc. But I remember—I am writing principally for myself. I can boss myself around a little!)