I often highlight, annotate, and take screenshots (of visual elements such as graphs) PDF files, and would like to be able to relate the original (i.e. PDF), the exported annotation file (usually in markdown), and any standalone image files (i.e. screenshots).
Grouping or assigning a specific tag could work, but that would require of me to remember that the file I am looking at is part of a “bundle”. I could also check the “see also and classify” inspector, but that would imply that I sift through the list to find the exactly related files.
I noticed that you support “ubiquitous linking” (i.e. Hook), and was thinking that you could introduce an “internal” (albeit exportable) way to arbitrarily link files stored and indexed withing DT.
The original is already linked to the annotation and, if you’re using one of the default templates, then the annotation links also back to the original. Maybe adding links to the images to the annotation would be sufficient? E.g. via Cmd-Alt drag & drop.
I highlight and annotate PDFs outside of DT in a dedicated PDF reader (i.e. PDF Expert, which I seamlessly use between Mac and iPad) and then export and edit an annotation file (in markdown). I also scribble related handwritten notes and drawings in another notetaking app (in split-screen mode).
So, to recap, I have a mix of the following related types of files:
The original PDFdocument
The exported highlights / annotated markdown file
Screenshots (also sometimes annotated) from the PDF
Scribbles (handwriting / drawings) in bitmap or vector formats
Closely related web page archives
Sometimes I also have related emails / discussions with collaborators
Being able to arbitrarily select files of different types and “connect” them via a “TOC” of links would be awesome.
