Bases & Views

Overview

This page documents every .base file in the Life OS vault. .base files are Obsidian Bases plugin database views — they filter, sort, and display notes by frontmatter properties. They are Obsidian-specific and not portable.

This document exists so the logic can be recreated in any tool (Notion, Airtable, a custom UI, or plain folder browsing) if Obsidian is ever replaced.

Key principle: .base files contain no content. All the real data lives in the Markdown notes themselves via YAML frontmatter. Losing every .base file loses only the views, not the vault.

Global Views

`_Recent.base` (vault root)

Purpose: Shows all recently modified notes across the entire vault.

Filter: any note with a non-empty type field
Sort: modified descending, then type ascending
Columns: file.name, type, modified
Recreate with: sort any note list by modified date descending, filter out notes without a type

`0 INBOX/_Areas.base`

Purpose: A catch-all table of everything in the inbox.

Filter: none (shows all notes in scope)
Recreate with: list all files in 0 INBOX/

Resources (`02 Resources/`)

`_Resources.base`

Purpose: Primary resources view. Two tabs: unread queue (card grid) and full table.

Unread Queue: filter status == "unread", group by modified desc, show thumbnail
All Resources: filter notes with a status property, group by status
Image: thumbnailUrl (YouTube thumbnails, cover art)
Recreate with: filter 02 Resources/ by status field; sort unread by modified

`_All Resources.base`

Purpose: Multi-tab view across all resource types with images.

All tab: filter type and area non-empty, group by type
Video/Podcast/PDF tabs: filter by specific type value, show cover image
Website tab: list view, filter type == "website"
Recreate with: separate filtered views per type value

`_Videos.base`

Purpose: Three tabs for videos: card gallery, table, and grouped by area.

Filter: type == "video"
Sort: file.mtime descending (most recently added first)
Image: note.image, aspect ratio 0.55 (portrait/thumbnail)
Recreate with: filter resources where type: video, sort by modified date

`_Books.base`

Purpose: Book library as a card gallery.

Filter: type == "book"
Columns: title, year, area, topic, pages
Image: note.image, aspect ratio 1.25 (portrait cover)
Recreate with: filter resources where type: book

`_Podcasts.base`

Purpose: Podcast list.

Filter: type == "podcast"
Recreate with: filter resources where type: podcast

`_PDFs.base`

Purpose: PDF card gallery.

Filter: type == "pdf"
Columns: file name, author, area, topic
Image: note.image, aspect ratio 1.25
Recreate with: filter resources where type: pdf

`_Apps.base`

Purpose: App notes list.

Filter: type == "app"
Recreate with: filter resources where type: app

`_Websites.base`

Purpose: Websites and articles list.

Filter: type contains “website” or “article”
Columns: file name, area, topic
Recreate with: filter resources where type: website or type: article

`Untitled.base`

Purpose: Generic all-types table, grouped by type. Appears to be a draft/scratch view.

Filter: any note with a non-empty type
Group by: type
Note: No clear owner — safe to delete or rename

Areas (`01 Areas/`)

`_AI.base` (Artificial Intelligence)

Purpose: Table of all AI-area notes (topics, resources).

Filter: area == ["[[Artificial Intelligence]]"] (note: typo in filter — “Inteligence”)
Columns: file name, topic
⚠ Bug: Filter value has a typo. If notes use [[Artificial Intelligence]] (correct spelling) they won’t appear.

`_Finance.base`

Purpose: Finance notes grouped by type.

Filter: area contains link to “Finance”
Group by: type
Recreate with: filter notes where area includes [[Finance]]

`_Health.base`

Purpose: Health area notes.

Filter: area == ["[[Health]]"]
Recreate with: filter notes where area: [[Health]]

`_Martial Arts.base`

Purpose: Martial arts notes (excluding topics).

Filter: area == ["[[Martial Arts]]"], topic empty
Recreate with: filter notes where area: [[Martial Arts]] and no topic set

`_Music.base`

Purpose: Music area notes (excluding topic notes).

Filter: area == ["[[Music]]"], topic empty
Recreate with: filter notes where area: [[Music]] and no topic set

`_Productivity.base`

Purpose: Productivity area notes.

Filter: area == ["[[Productivity]]"]

`_Religion.base`

Purpose: Religion area notes.

Filter: area == ["[[Religion]]"]

`_Science.base`

Purpose: Science area notes (excluding topics).

Filter: area == ["Science"], topic empty
⚠ Note: Filter uses "Science" (plain string) not "[[Science]]" (wikilink) — may miss linked notes

`_Languages.base`

Purpose: Language learning overview.

Filter: area == ["Language Learning"]
⚠ Note: Filter value “Language Learning” doesn’t match actual area values used ([[German]], [[Spanish]], etc.) — this view likely returns no results

Films & TV

`_Movies.base`

Purpose: Movie card gallery + table. Two tabs.

Filter: type == "movie"
Columns: title, duration, lastWatched, watched
Image: note.image, aspect ratio 1.5 (poster portrait)
Recreate with: filter 01 Areas/Film & TV/ where type: movie

`_TV.base`

Purpose: TV series card gallery.

Filter: type == "series"
Image: note.image
Recreate with: filter 01 Areas/Film & TV/ where type: series

Gaming

`_Games.base`

Purpose: Games card gallery.

Filter: type == "game"
Sort: file name ascending
Image: note.image, aspect ratio 0.5, card size 290
Recreate with: filter notes where type: game

Music

`_Albums.base`

Purpose: Albums table + card gallery. Two tabs.

Filter: type == "band"
⚠ Bug: Filter says type == "band" but album notes use type: album. This view likely returns band/artist notes, not albums.
Recreate with: filter notes where type: album

People (`04 People/`)

`_Public Figures.base`

Purpose: Public figures card gallery.

Filter: type == "person", exclude the template file (file.name != "Person")
Sort: file name ascending
Columns: file name, profession, area
Image: note.image
Recreate with: filter 04 People/ where type: person

Journal (`06 Journal/`)

`_Journal.base`

Purpose: Daily journal entries table.

Filter: notes with non-empty date and type
Columns: date, mood, energy
Recreate with: filter 06 Journal/ where date is set

German Language (`01 Areas/Languages/German/`)

`_German-Wortschatz.base`

Purpose: German vocabulary table grouped by part of speech.

Filter: notes with non-empty part-of-speech
Group by: part-of-speech
Columns: word, translation, part-of-speech, gender

`_German-Grammar.base`

Purpose: Grammar topics grouped by category.

Filter: notes with non-empty category
Group by: category
Columns: file name, level, category

`_German-Satzsammlung.base`

Purpose: Sentence theme collection.

Filter: language == "German", exclude files starting with “Sentence” (excludes template)
Group by: theme

`_German-Tagebuch.base`

Purpose: Journal entries for German writing practice.

Filter: area == "[[German]]", non-empty date and topic
Columns: date, topic, level

Known Issues

File	Issue
`_AI.base`	Filter typo: “Inteligence” instead of “Intelligence” — may miss notes
`_Languages.base`	Filter `"Language Learning"` doesn’t match actual area values — returns nothing
`_Science.base`	Filter uses plain `"Science"` not `"[[Science]]"` wikilink format
`_Albums.base`	Filter `type == "band"` — should be `type == "album"`
`Untitled.base`	No clear purpose — draft view, safe to delete

Topics: PKM & PKA

Life OS

Explorer

Overview

Global Views

_Recent.base (vault root)

0 INBOX/_Areas.base

Resources (02 Resources/)

_Resources.base

_All Resources.base

_Videos.base

_Books.base

_Podcasts.base

_PDFs.base

_Apps.base

_Websites.base

Untitled.base

Areas (01 Areas/)

_AI.base (Artificial Intelligence)

_Finance.base

_Health.base

_Martial Arts.base

_Music.base

_Productivity.base

_Religion.base

_Science.base

_Languages.base