Use case: Network of people

Alexandria can model a lightweight people network with one note per person, a shared Person tag, and ordinary Markdown links in note bodies.

Set up the Person tag

Use tag properties for the structured details you want to see in a table:

Use Add page in the sidebar and title the page Person.
Open Manage Properties on the Person tag.
In Tag Properties, add:
- company as string
- role as string
- email as string
- location as string
- interests as multi-select
- last_contacted as date
On the Person tag page, use View settings to show the property table for a compact people index, or the cover gallery if you prefer card-style browsing.

Add people as notes

Create a note for each person, apply the Person tag, and set the properties in the app:

Click Add page and title the note, for example Maya Patel.
In the note's tags bar under the title, type Person and pick the existing tag.
In the inline properties panel, fill in company, role, email, location, interests, and last_contacted.

Keep richer context in the note body:

## Context
Met through the product research group.

## Related notes
- [Product research notes](../path/to/Product-research-notes.md)
- [2026-07-11 Product sync](../path/to/2026-07-11-Product-sync.md)

Use normal Markdown links when you know the target note path. If you do not know the path yet, leave the related note title as plain text and add a link later.

Not yet supported. Alexandria does not have relation ("object select") properties, automatic two-way links, a backlinks panel, unlinked mentions, or graph view.

The closest real approach today

Use a few simple patterns together:

Shared tags: apply Person, plus topic or project tags such as Research, Customer, or Conference.
Plain Markdown links: add links to related notes directly in the person note body.
Link DB dashboards: embed a table of all Person notes or all notes for a shared project tag.

To make a people dashboard, create a normal dashboard note with Add page, for example People Dashboard. In the editor, open the slash menu (/) and choose Link DB Table, then point it at the Person tag.

Link DB shows the notes tagged with Person and their properties, but it does not create relationship fields between notes.