Reference document-specific meta data stored in _quarto.yml

This extension allows document-specific meta data to be stored in a single file instead of spread across the separate qmds. Note: many meta data fields do not behave as you might expect because this filter runs after Quarto filters that process meta data. For example, when author appears in document meta-data, it appears in the AST as authors, which is the field name that is drawn from when writing the author name into the title block.

Installing

quarto add qmd-lab/qmd-specific-meta

This will install the extension under the _extensions subdirectory. If you're using version control, you will want to check in this directory.

Using

Creating this filter consists of two steps:

1. Add document meta data under the qmd-specific-meta key in your _quarto.yml file. See the _quarto.yml in this repo for an example.
2. Activate the filter on a given document. See example1.qmd for an example.

Note that for the filter to take effect, it must be done as part of a full project render.

Example

See example1.qmd and more-examples/example2.qmd.