# Export Jabref file annonations

**URL:** <https://discourse.jabref.org/t/export-jabref-file-annonations/3434>\
**Category:** Features\
**Created:** [July 4, 2022, 6:19pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/export-jabref-file-annonations/3434 "2022-07-04T18:19:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![lidans5](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.jabref.org/lidans5/32/631_2.png) [@lidans5](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/lidans5)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2022, 6:19pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/export-jabref-file-annonations/3434/1 "2022-07-04T18:19:45Z")

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Hi  
Is there any way to export (automatically?) Jabref file annonations to Notion or Obsidian?  
(something like “readwise” does?)  
Here comes the feature description…

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Please vote if you support this proposal:

_Poll ([view on site](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/export-jabref-file-annonations/3434/1))_

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**Author:** ![ThiloteE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.jabref.org/thilotee/32/1008_2.png) [@ThiloteE](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/ThiloteE)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2022, 9:25am UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/export-jabref-file-annonations/3434/2 "2022-07-06T09:25:08Z")

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JabRef does not do its own file annotations. It just “reads” them from the PDF itself. JabRef does not store annotations in the `.bib` file. So the option to import/export file annotations into Notion of Obsidian via the .bib file is not possible, because as far as I am aware, all is stored in the PDF anyway (unless there is some hidden indexing going on?)

For now, a better workflow might be to just attach the PDF to your Obsidian or Notion space and to import the annotations from the PDF directly. I am not aware if Notion or Obsidian support this though.