# Confused by getobjectbyref

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**Created:** [October 1, 2025, 2:58pm UTC](https://community.silverbullet.md/t/confused-by-getobjectbyref/3315 "2025-10-01T14:58:40Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 1, 2025, 4:26pm UTC](https://community.silverbullet.md/t/confused-by-getobjectbyref/3315/3 "2025-10-01T16:26:33Z")

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Ah! I see. This

> - `ref`: a globally unique _identifier_, often represented as a pointer to the place (page, position) in your space where the object is defined. For instance, a _page_ object will use the page name as its `ref` attribute, and a `task` will use `page@pos` (where `pos` is the location the task appears in `page`).

refers to the ‘ref’ as globally unique, which I think is what confused me. Thanks for the reply.

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