| Tool | Metadata Handling | Validation | Cross-file Queries | Round-trip Comments | Use Case | |------|------------------|------------|--------------------|---------------------|----------| | | YAML frontmatter, but ignored after conversion | None | No | No | General conversion | | Markdown + frontmatter (Hugo) | Parsed, but not validated | None (unless external) | No (SSG-specific) | No | Blogging | | Obsidian | YAML properties | None | Dataview plugin (not native) | No | Personal knowledge mgmt | | Yekdown | First-class, schema-validated | Yes | Built-in SQL-like | Yes | Structured content databases |
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