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5.3.11 Commonplace with Lookups
This is a more sophisticated version of a Commonplace Book. This starter pack actually consists of three different Collections that are tied together through the use of Lookup fields.
The first collection is designed to store quotations, and its template file looks like this:
Title: <title>
Author: <lookup: qauthors>
Date: <date>
Tags: <tags>
Work Title: <lookup: qworks>
Work Pages:
Date Added: <dateadded>
Body:
Note that the Work Title field is configured to lookup the titles of books and such from the qworks Collection. This second Collection has a template file that looks like this:
Work Title: <title>
Tags: <tags>
Author: <lookup: qauthors>
Work Type: <worktype>
Work Minor Title:
Work Date: <date>
Work Link: <link>
Work ID:
Work Rights:
Work Rights Holder:
Publisher:
Publisher City:
Work Notes: <body>
And both the first Collection and the second one are configured to lookup the names of authors from the qauthors Collection. This third Collection has a template file that looks like this:
Author: <title>
Tags: <tags>
Author Info:
Author Years:
Author Link: <link>
Author Notes: <body>
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