Different types of notes and use cases

In taking notes and making annotations recently, I’ve started a list of some of the broad semantic types I’ve come across.

Ideas

New ideas spurred by reading, potentially for future expansion and refinement.

Questions relating to the the text. What’s missing? What should have been asked or addressed? What biases exist that should be addressed?

Paraphrases and [[progressive summaries]] of articles or portions of articles. Restatements of ideas which may be reused in other contexts.

Basic, usually new, facts highlighted for future use and/or [[spaced repetition]]

Old school sententiae, aphorisms, and quotes for use in the future

Direct communication with others

Reactions, exhortations (Ha!, funny, ROFL, LOL, etc.), reacji, !, ?, ⭐, basic signs of life while reading

Are there any big holes I’m missing based on your experiences?

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