ogg dev - Sep 2007 - The use for an XML based metadata format

On 16 Sep 2007 at 22:10, Ralph Giles wrote:
> These applications are complementary. Many music players do have their 
> own database, and it makes sense to keep metadata there, if only as a
> cache. It is also to have metadata in the file itself, so that when it
> is moved, copied, posted for download by others, or just indexed by
> another music player instance it is easily available.
Absolutely.  I was trying to say that *in those scenarios* where 
complex metadata *needs* to be recorded, storing this data separate 
from the audio files has numerous benefits: improved editibility; less 
redundancy; and better expression of the relationships amoung release, 
discs, and tracks.

Even today, I use my own "metadata format" -- essentially a superset
of
vorbis comments.  There is one file per release, even with a multi-disc 
release.  As a final part of the ripping process, I apply this metadata 
to the FLAC or Vorbis files.

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On Monday 17. September 2007 07:47:19 David K. Gasaway
wrote:
> Even today, I use my own "metadata format" -- essentially a
superset of
> vorbis comments.  There is one file per release, even with a multi-disc
> release.  As a final part of the ripping process, I apply this metadata
> to the FLAC or Vorbis files.
Why don't you share your own metadata format as proposals on the wiki?
http://wiki.xiph.org/index.php/VorbisComments
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Daniel Aleksandersen

Daniel Aleksandersen wrote:
> On Monday 17. September 2007 07:47:19 David K. Gasaway wrote:
>> Even today, I use my own "metadata format" -- essentially a
superset of
>> vorbis comments.  There is one file per release, even with a multi-disc
>> release.  As a final part of the ripping process, I apply this metadata
>> to the FLAC or Vorbis files.
> 
> Why don't you share your own metadata format as proposals on the wiki?
> http://wiki.xiph.org/index.php/VorbisComments
I put it in quotes for a reason. :)  I'm hesitant to call it another 
metadata format, because it's little more than vorbis comments extended 
to apply a tag to an entire release or a selection of tracks.  It's all 
distilled down to ordinary vorbis comments in the end.  It's really not 
an alternative to vorbis comments or your proposal.  If anyone is 
interested, I'd be happy to discuss it, but I was merely trying to 
illustrate my point re: storing metadata separately from the audio files.

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