[ogg-dev] metadata on the wiki

[Daniel Aleksandersen]

On Friday 14. September 2007 16:52:52 Ian Malone wrote:
> On 14/09/2007, Daniel Aleksandersen <aleksandersen+xiphlists at runbox.com> 
wrote:
> > The biggest problem with Vorbis comments are too loose specifications
> > and too little standardisation.
> >
> > Another problem is attribution of involved parties. Currently only the
> > ARTIST field name is supported in software. More standardised field
> > names need to be worked out for organisations and persons involved in
> > the production of the recording. See:
> > http://wiki.xiph.org/index.php/VorbisComment#Attributing_involved_parti
> >es
> >
> > I have made a some suggestions, but as I have said earlier: Vorbis
> > comments are no good when it comes to including information about
> > musicans, labels, and other involved persons and organisations. A XML
> > replacement to Vorbis comments would provide better mechanisms for
> > defining this.
>
> Ultimately the current situation derived from mp3s, where
> the tags were inserted by end users who put in as much
> or little info as they cared about into a format which, at
> the time, only allowed basic tags like Artist, Title &c.  With
> the advent of online music stores the contents have become
> a bit more dependable but they still follow the old model.
> Vorbis comments could do better than they currently do
> but no-one seems compelled to implement any of the exotic
> tag proposals that have hung around for years.  An XML
> replacement not only allows richer information but allows
> the creation of a framework where even the basic information
> might be made more useful.

Another point here is that a replacement format would force software 
developers to acknowledge the existence of more advanced metadata. Adding 
and refining the excising comments model would be more ‘optional’. (If 
anyone got that point?)
-- 
Daniel Aleksandersen