Titles and Aliases ​

Each node has a single title. For file nodes, this is specified with the ‘#+title‘ property for the file. For headline nodes, this is the main text.

Nodes can also have multiple aliases. Aliases allow searching for nodes via an alternative name. For example, one may want to assign a well-known acronym (AI) to a node titled “Artificial Intelligence”.

To assign an alias to a node, add the “ROAM_ALIASES” property to the node:

orgmode
* Artificial Intelligence
:PROPERTIES:
:ROAM_ALIASES: AI
:END:

Alternatively, Org-roam provides some functions to add or remove aliases.

Function: org-roam-alias-add alias ​

Add ALIAS to the node at point. When called interactively, prompt for the alias to add.

Function: org-roam-alias-remove ​

Remove an alias from the node at point.