Workflowy import (OPML): notes are lost in import

[sbibauw]

Currently, the Workflowy OPML importer ignores the _note tags outputted by Workflowy. These note tags (accessed via ⌘⏎ in Workflowy) are usually containing important information (e.g., dates, references, URLs...):

which is exported as:

<outline text="Webinar on Task Management" _note="Organization, Presenter, &lt;time startYear=&quot;2023&quot; startMonth=&quot;1&quot; startDay=&quot;22&quot;&gt;Sun, Jan 22, 2023&lt;/time&gt; ">
  <outline text="Workflowy" _note="&lt;a href=&quot;https://workflowy.com/&quot;&gt;https://workflowy.com/&lt;/a&gt;" />
  <outline text="Task management is key for productivity" _note="Doe, 2023" />
</outline>

I'm unsure where to store this information in Tana: either as a subnode or as a field?

[eirikhm]

Hey! Thanks for brining this up. I think it should be added as description on the nodes. Should be pretty easy, but requires extension of the TIF format as it does not yet support description.

[sbibauw]

@eirikhm If an extension of the TIF format is not expected anytime soon, would it be possible, in the meantime, to import descriptions as a child note? That would avoid the main issue, which is information loss.

[eirikhm]

Heu @sbibauw! Support for _note in OPML has been added, and will now produce TIF with description populated. Tana has not yet been updated to support it, but that is expected this week.