# Web client, Nextcloud/ownCloud, metadata

**URL:** <https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/web-client-nextcloud-owncloud-metadata/4144>\
**Category:** Apps\
**Created:** [1 November 2019 21:24 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/web-client-nextcloud-owncloud-metadata/4144 "2019-11-01T21:24:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![deltafunction](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/deltafunction/32/1786_2.png) [@deltafunction](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/deltafunction)\
**Post date:** [1 November 2019 21:24 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/web-client-nextcloud-owncloud-metadata/4144/1 "2019-11-01T21:24:02Z")

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Didn’t know where else to post this, but I thought it might interest some fellow Joplin users that I’ve written a quick prototype for a web client on top of ownCloud/Nextcloud.

For reasons I’ll not go into here, it’s implemented on top of ownCloud-7 and with reliance on several custom apps, so the app is not directly useful to others.

The idea is to keep the notes in a directory tree on the server, but expose them via WebDAV as a flat directory with obscurely named files as Joplin expects.

Documentation here: [https://sciencedata.dk/sites/user/Notes/](https://sciencedata.dk/sites/user/Notes/)  
Code here: [https://github.com/deic-dk/notes](https://github.com/deic-dk/notes)

If someone can use any of this to create an app for Nextcloud, I’d be happy to help.

A related subject, which should probably have its own thread, is tags, metadata and templates:

I appreciate the clean and non-bloated interface of Joplin, but I’d appreciate a customizable choice of templates when creating a new note (“Todo”, “Diary”, “Recipe”, …). In the same vein, a generalization of the tag concept could perhaps be considered:

“Todo” could simply be a tag carrying some metadata attributes: “todo\_due”, “todo\_completed”. The same for other tags.

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**Author:** ![laurent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ce7236/32.png) [@laurent](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/laurent)\
**Post date:** [1 November 2019 22:05 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/web-client-nextcloud-owncloud-metadata/4144/2 "2019-11-01T22:05:21Z")

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Thanks for sharing, that seems quite impressive. Does it work as a Nextcloud app in its current state?

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**Author:** ![CalebJohn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/calebjohn/32/356_2.png) [@CalebJohn](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/CalebJohn)\
**Post date:** [1 November 2019 23:53 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/web-client-nextcloud-owncloud-metadata/4144/3 "2019-11-01T23:53:51Z")

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> [@deltafunction](#):
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> I appreciate the clean and non-bloated interface of Joplin, but I’d appreciate a customizable choice of templates when creating a new note (“Todo”, “Diary”, “Recipe”, …). In the same vein, a generalization of the tag concept could perhaps be considered:

You can get this through File-\>Templates-\>Create note from template  
or by simply pressing Ctrl-Alt-I in your new note.  
If I misunderstood your issue please let me know.

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**Author:** ![tessus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/tessus/32/13_2.png) [@tessus](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/tessus)\
**Post date:** [2 November 2019 13:40 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/web-client-nextcloud-owncloud-metadata/4144/4 "2019-11-02T13:40:01Z")

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I've moved this to the #apps category! @deltafunction great job! can't wait to see this on Nextcloud... 😉

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**Author:** ![deltafunction](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/deltafunction/32/1786_2.png) [@deltafunction](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/deltafunction)\
**Post date:** [13 November 2019 22:14 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/web-client-nextcloud-owncloud-metadata/4144/5 "2019-11-13T22:14:18Z")

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Unfortunately no. That is rather high priority for us too, but we have many custom apps for our old ownCloud and migrating all these is a major task.

If anybody wants to help out (paid), do get in touch.

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**Author:** ![deltafunction](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/deltafunction/32/1786_2.png) [@deltafunction](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/deltafunction)\
**Post date:** [13 November 2019 22:16 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/web-client-nextcloud-owncloud-metadata/4144/6 "2019-11-13T22:16:22Z")

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Wow - missed that menu item - thanks. Has it been there the whole time?

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**Author:** ![CalebJohn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/calebjohn/32/356_2.png) [@CalebJohn](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/CalebJohn)\
**Post date:** [13 November 2019 22:35 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/web-client-nextcloud-owncloud-metadata/4144/7 "2019-11-13T22:35:22Z")

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Templates were introduced at the end of July this year 🙂