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> > I suggest changing the term metainformation to metadata as I think this is
> > exactly as accurate and already in wide-spread use.
>
>MORE accurate, even.

Yup, I've changed it (and updated the design document) now. I also added 
some code to deal with metadata fields in the library.



Anders Sandvig
www.wincue.org

I suggest changing the term metainformation to metadata as I think this is 
exactly as accurate and already in wide-spread use.



Anders Sandvig
www.wincue.org

>Where do design documents go in the tree? Currently, I'm placing them in
>the docs subdir of the relevant project.

This makes sence. I've also added a doc module to the root containing a 
description of the various wincue project (doc/readme.txt), but this should 
only be used for docs and notes relevant to all the Wincue projects (i.e. 
code conventions and general architectural strategies may be put here).

Regards


Anders Sandvig
www.wincue.org

Where do design documents go in the tree? Currently, I'm placing them in
the docs subdir of the relevant project.

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[Jeg skriver dette på engelsk; like greitt å venne seg til det med det 
første, kan jo hende at andre ønsker å lese arkivet e.l.]

todo.txt lists the following issue:
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  - andersan/stgeorge: Agree on common tag names for use with both 
regexps and
    title formatting (i.e. <track_artist> in the regexp and 
%track_artist% in
    the title formatting string). All names should be consitent to avoid
    confusion.
     
      Suggested names:

        artist        - Track artist name
        track_artist  - Synonym for artst
        album_artist  - Album artist name
        album         - Album name
        title         - Track title
        track_number  - Track number
        tracknumber   - Synonym for track_number (Winamp5 compatiblity)
        year          - Year
        genre         - Genre
        comment       - Tag comment
        filename      - Full path of filename (i.e. c:\mp3\test.mp3)
        filesize      - Size of file in bytes
        filetime      - Timestamp (Maybe too complicated with formatting and
                        all, should we drop it?)
                       
      Note: album_artist and track_artist don't really make sense as we only
      have one artist field in the MediaFile class. Should we keep it 
this way
      or add support for album artist?
     
      Another Note: How about dropping track_artist, album_artist,
      track_number, filesize and filetime all together and keep things 
the way
      they are (also how they are in Winamp5).
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album_artist, track_artist:
Differentiating between these is a good idea, as there is otherwise no 
way of handling a pattern of the form:

  Dolly Parton -- Just Because I'm A Woman/[11] Allison Moorer -- Light 
Of A Clear Blue Morning.mp3

(The album in question is a tribute album; all the songs are by dolly 
parton, but they're performed by other artists.)

dropping track_artist, album_artist, track_number, filesize and filetime:
why?

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