Personal Ontologies

• https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/personal-ontologies-future-information-management-martijn-aslander-nkjle/

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give a yaml file with the symbols and their meanings

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Here is the YAML file representing Martijn Aslander’s Personal Ontology based on the provided text.

source: "Personal Ontologies: The Future of Information Management by Martijn Aslander"
description: "A mapping of emojis to specific knowledge management concepts."

ontology:
  people:
    - symbol: "👥"
      meaning: "People I have met"
    - symbol: "🗣️"
      meaning: "People I have not met yet"
    - symbol: "⚱️"
      meaning: "Prefix for people who have passed away"

  organizations:
    - symbol: "🛗"
      meaning: "Organizations (General)"
    - symbol: "🛗 🛩️"
      meaning: "Airlines or specific organizations of interest"
    - symbol: "🛗 🎒"
      meaning: "Brands followed closely"

  locations:
    - symbol: "🇨🇭"
      meaning: "Countries"
    - symbol: "🛤️"
      meaning: "Destinations (regions, cities, villages, natural areas)"
    - symbol: "🏣"
      meaning: "Buildings"
    - symbol: "🏡"
      meaning: "Houses (lived in or visited)"
    - symbol: "🚉"
      meaning: "Stations"
    - symbol: "✈️"
      meaning: "Airports"
    - symbol: "🏰"
      meaning: "Castles"

  activities_and_events:
    - symbol: "🎪"
      meaning: "General activities and events"
    - symbol: "🎪🎹"
      meaning: "Concerts"
    - symbol: "🍿"
      meaning: "Cinema outings / Movies"
    - symbol: "🗺️"
      meaning: "Outings (with partner, family, or work)"
    - symbol: "👣"
      meaning: "Walks"
    - symbol: "🛣️"
      meaning: "Road trips"
    - symbol: "🛎️"
      meaning: "Hotel stays"
    - symbol: "🚕"
      meaning: "Taxi rides"
    - symbol: "🛫"
      meaning: "Flights"
    - symbol: "🍽️"
      meaning: "Dining out"
    - symbol: "🥡"
      meaning: "Takeout"
    - symbol: "💍"
      meaning: "Weddings"
    - symbol: "⚰️"
      meaning: "Funerals"
    - symbol: "🙌"
      meaning: "Significant life events / Unique experiences"
    - symbol: "🎤"
      meaning: "Public performances / Speaking engagements"
    - symbol: "👏"
      meaning: "Feedback received on talks"

  tasks:
    - symbol: "🔩"
      meaning: "Small tasks"
    - symbol: "👨🌾"
      meaning: "Gardening or harvesting tasks"

  sentiment_and_reflection:
    - symbol: "🌈"
      meaning: "Nice things / Joyful moments"
    - symbol: "🌪️"
      meaning: "Unpleasant things / Bad moments"
    - symbol: "👍"
      meaning: "Compliments received"
    - symbol: "🙏"
      meaning: "Thank-yous received"
    - symbol: "🤔"
      meaning: "Reflections"
    - symbol: "✨"
      meaning: "Insights"
    - symbol: "💭"
      meaning: "Dreams"
    - symbol: "🔬"
      meaning: "Things I want to understand / Curiosity"

  communication_and_interaction:
    - symbol: "💬"
      meaning: "Reach-In (Inbound questions)"
    - symbol: "🙋♂️"
      meaning: "Requests for help"
    - symbol: "🤝"
      meaning: "Reach-Out (Outbound connections)"
    - symbol: "☎️"
      meaning: "Phone calls"
    - symbol: "🫶"
      meaning: "Connection messages (connecting two other people)"
    - symbol: "🔗"
      meaning: "LinkedIn traction posts (also used for URLs)"
    - symbol: "📅"
      meaning: "Meetings"

  projects_and_opportunities:
    - symbol: "🔑"
      meaning: "Opportunities"
    - symbol: "⚗️"
      meaning: "Projects"
    - symbol: "📇"
      meaning: "Maps of Content (MOCs) / Indexes"

  media_and_content:
    - symbol: "🎓"
      meaning: "Research pages / Topics to learn"
    - symbol: "✂️"
      meaning: "Web articles / Clippings"
    - symbol: "📺"
      meaning: "Films and Series"
    - symbol: "💿"
      meaning: "Music albums"
    - symbol: "🎵"
      meaning: "Lyrics and individual songs"
    - symbol: "🎹"
      meaning: "Artists / Musicians"
    - symbol: "🗞"
      meaning: "Newspapers"
    - symbol: "📗"
      meaning: "Books"
    - symbol: "📙"
      meaning: "Children’s books"
    - symbol: "📒"
      meaning: "Comic books"
    - symbol: "📗📖"
      meaning: "Books written by the user"
    - symbol: "✍️✍️"
      meaning: "Manuscripts being reviewed or worked on"
    - symbol: "✍️"
      meaning: "Articles working on (Drafts)"
    - symbol: "✒️"
      meaning: "Published articles"
    - symbol: "🎙"
      meaning: "Podcasts recorded"
    - symbol: "🖋"
      meaning: "Interviews conducted"
    - symbol: "📚"
      meaning: "Concepts and Terms"
    - symbol: "⛬"
      meaning: "Historical events"

  possessions_and_purchases:
    - symbol: "🛒"
      meaning: "Purchases (General)"
    - symbol: "🛒📗"
      meaning: "Book purchases"
    - symbol: "📦"
      meaning: "Possessions (General)"
    - symbol: "👕"
      meaning: "Clothing"
    - symbol: "🎒"
      meaning: "Bags"
    - symbol: "⛺️"
      meaning: "Camping gear"
    - symbol: "🗜"
      meaning: "Tools (Clamps)"
    - symbol: "🛠"
      meaning: "Tools (General)"
    - symbol: "🪚"
      meaning: "Tools (Saws)"
    - symbol: "⌨️"
      meaning: "Keyboards / Tech hardware"
    - symbol: "🪑"
      meaning: "Furniture"
    - symbol: "🖼️"
      meaning: "Art / Decor"

  tech_and_admin:
    - symbol: "🛠️"
      meaning: "Software"
    - symbol: "🔌"
      meaning: "Software plugins"
    - symbol: "🎟️"
      meaning: "Subscriptions and Accounts"
    - symbol: "🔗"
      meaning: "URLs and Hosting (also used for LinkedIn traction)"

  food_nature_games:
    - symbol: "🥗"
      meaning: "Dishes and recipes"
    - symbol: "🍷"
      meaning: "Wine"
    - symbol: "🍻"
      meaning: "Beer"
    - symbol: "🕹️"
      meaning: "Computer games"
    - symbol: "🎲"
      meaning: "Board games"
    - symbol: "🌳"
      meaning: "Trees"
    - symbol: "🌱"
      meaning: "Plants"