What is a Map of Concepts?

A map of concepts (MOC) is a note that primarily used to contain links to other notes.

When writing an MOC, including supporting content for each entry is beneficial as it helps to provide additional clarity regarding the purpose of each note.

MOC in Obsidian

One of a quick way to create a MOC in Obsidian is to make a single-line dataview query as the following:

    ```dataview
    list from [[]] and !outgoing([[]])
    ```

This query generates an inbox of items that are open for further manipulation. The clever aspect is that once an outgoing link to an item is created, it is automatically removed from this list.

We can also add tags. This will often include the current page, so we need to explicitly exclude that:

    ```dataview
    list from [[]] or \#tag and !outgoing([[]])
    WHERE file.name != this.file.name
    ```
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