Sharing your discourse graph

You can export your discourse graph as a whole, or from queries of your graph, to archive your most important notes, or share them with others.

The extension exports to 1) markdown, 2) csv (neo4j-compatible labeled property graph), and 3) json

Demo:

Markdown export options

Since markdown has different flavors, and different tools you might want to export/archive your notes to handle links differently (e.g., wikilinks vs. markdown links) and different operating systems have different filename limitations, we have a range of options for customizing the markdown export. These can be found on the Export tab of the discourse graph configuration in roam/js/discourse-graph.

Here is a brief explanation of each option:

• Max Filename Length sets the maximum length of the filenames; this is important if you have page names that are quite long and may run afoul of, say, Windows' filename length limit of 250-260 characters.

• Remove Special Characters removes all "special characters" that may lead to trouble for filenames in different operating systems, such as ? (not allowed on Windows) or / (denotes file/folder boundaries).

• Simplified Filename strips away all "template" characters (i.e., everything except the {content} in the node format: for example, if you define a Claim node as [[CLM]] - {content}, and have a Claim node [[[[CLM]] - people are lazy]], the exported filename will be people are lazy

• Frontmatter specifies what properties to add to the YAML.

  • By default, the properties are:

    • title: {text}

    • url: https://roamresearch.com/#/app/yourGraphName/page/{uid}
    • author: {author}

    • date: {date}

  • You can add properties as key-value pairs in the same format:

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• Resolve Block References and Resolve Block Embeds control whether you want to resolve block references/embeds in your export. You can keep this turned off if you are unsure of the privacy implications of references/embeds.

• Link Type controls whether inline page references are wikilinks ([[like this]]) or alias ([like this](pageName.md))

Here is an example of a discourse graph exported to Obsidian-compatible markdown: https://publish.obsidian.md/joelchan-notes