# Action Something to do for an effort, project, area, or interest. > [!info]- Canonical definition > This term is maintained in the [[vocab|PKM Vocabulary]] SKOS source, not here. > `pkmv:Action` · [term page](https://w3id.org/pkm/vocab/Action) · [Turtle](https://w3id.org/pkm/vocab/terms/Action.ttl) ## Scope - Narrower than an Effort, and alongside Area, Interest, or Project. - May represent a single Action as a Task with many steps and more content than would simply be included in a bullet list. - More complex actions might be ActionGroups that have one or more nested groups of actions. - Sequential actions can be represented as a simple bullet list with a checkbox. - Parallel actions can use a numbered list to identify the sequence (1., 2., etc.). ## Broader - [[Efforts Folder (Term)|Efforts Folder]] — generic (ISO 25964) ## Collections - [[Note Types (Collection)|Note Types]] --- #vocab/term · created 2026-08-28 · modified 2026-08-29