CaseMap Database (Obsidian Community Plugin)

This repository is now an Obsidian community plugin that creates and manages a CaseMap-style legal knowledge base directly inside your vault.

Plugin Commands

• Initialize CaseMap database structure
  • Creates folders: Cases, Facts, People, Issues, Evidence, Chronology, Matrix, FileClasses, Templates
  • Seeds starter templates and fileClass definition files
• Generate CaseMap indexes
  • Updates _index.md files in primary folders
• Generate master chronology
  • Builds Chronology/master_chronology.md from date-tagged notes
• Generate evidence matrix
  • Builds Matrix/evidence_matrix.md from Evidence note relationships
• Generate FileClass field index
  • Builds FileClasses/_fileclass_index.md

Development

npm install
npm run build

Build output is written to main.js.

Install for Local Testing

1. Build the plugin:

   npm install
   npm run build

2. Copy these files into your vault plugin folder:
   • manifest.json
   • main.js
   • versions.json
3. Place them at:
   • <your-vault>/.obsidian/plugins/obsidian-style-casemap-database/
4. In Obsidian:
   • Open Settings → Community plugins
   • Turn off Restricted mode
   • Enable CaseMap Database

Repository Contents

• src/main.ts – plugin source code
• manifest.json – Obsidian plugin metadata
• versions.json – plugin version compatibility
• templates/ and vault/ – legacy project content retained for reference

License

MIT — see LICENSE.