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title: Vaccine handbook wiki using hackmd
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# What is hackmd?

To learn about what hackmd can do, see the [HackMD Tutorial Book](https://hackmd.io/c/tutorials/%2Fs%2Ftutorials).

:::warning
It will blow your mind! :exploding_head:
:::

# Some thoughts and observations

- [hackmd](https://hackmd.io) is a [collaborative](https://hackmd.io/c/tutorials/%2Fs%2Flive-hosting) markdown editor, not a wiki (like, e.g., [https://wiki.js](https://wiki.js.org/)). Nevertheless, it might be the best choice for what we need (rapid, collaborative writing)
- we should create a dedicated [team](https://hackmd.io/c/tutorials/%2F%40docs%2Fwhat-is-team) for the handbook (e.g., `scibeh-vaxbook`)
- You cannot host files on hackmd. So if we have pictures or PDFs, we need to host them somewhere else.
- hackmd has some very cool, useful features, such as [creating diagrams (e.g., networks, flow charts)](https://hackmd.io/MathJax-and-UML?both), [turning a bunch of notes into a book](https://hackmd.io/c/tutorials/%2Fs%2Fhow-to-create-book), [creating slides](https://hackmd.io/c/tutorials/%2Fs%2Fhow-to-create-slide-deck), supports [YAML headers](https://hackmd.io/s/yaml-metadata) etc. (see [here](https://hackmd.io/c/tutorials/%2Fs%2Ftutorials) for more).

# UML Diagrams: Everything just made with text!

See [vaccines concept map](/@scibeh/SyJZpZaiw) for testing this out.

st=>start: Start
e=>end: End
op=>operation: My Operation
op2=>operation: lalala
cond=>condition: Yes or No?

st->op->op2->cond
cond(yes)->e
cond(no)->op2

# Embedding other notes

You can [embed other documents into a document](https://hackmd.io/s/how-to-embed-note). E.g., here's a note on [behavioral fatigue](/bwXpvWrcRKy7FdGdYKDyTQ). Using this code

{%hackmd bwXpvWrcRKy7FdGdYKDyTQ %}

we embed the document below and it looks like you're just looking at more text in this note.

{%hackmd bwXpvWrcRKy7FdGdYKDyTQ %}

This way we can re-use text across multiple documents.

# Showing a CSV data as a table

var, value
"this is the first row", 1.220
this is the second row, 2.0