I’ve been looking at note types in relation to PR #1417: “Add additional note types”.
My understanding is as follows:
| Note Type | Uses |
|---|---|
| Citation | Formatted citations. |
| Html code | Narrated Web Site report inclusions. |
| Link | Website links. |
| Report | Anything that should be included in a report. The exact use depends in the object that the note is attached to. Examples include: Biography for a person, Story for an event and Name Origin for a name. |
| Research | Research reports - the outcome of research. |
| Source text | The contents of a Gedcom “Text from Source” tag. |
| To Do | A To Do note or research plan. |
| Transcript | A transcription of a source. |
| General | The default. This should be used for anything else. |
Html code and To Do have special uses within Gramps. Html code notes are used to include html in narrative web pages. To Do notes are used by the TO Do gramplet.
The PR brings up the issue that there is no special note type for evidence analysis or proof arguments. GedcomX has a document type of “Analysis” described as “analysis done by a researcher, often used as a genealogical proof statement”. This seems like a reasonable addition to Gramps.