Hi
With the multiplication of ZIM files and ZIM editors we need ways to build overviews. Without the metadatas they are not easy way to build these overviews (You have to do it by hand every time). This is waht I learned by coding the content manager of Kiwix which works now.
So I think, having ZIM files with metadatas is essential, maybe even more. I think we have to push the usage of these metadatas (title, description, creation date, creator, favicon, language) and I see 3 approaches:
(1) Make these informations mandatory (2) Make a recommendation but nothing blocking (3) Do nothing and be optimistic
What would be your preferred approach?
Regards Emmanuel
I agree, the metadata that you describe does look essential.
On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 4:08 PM, emmanuel@engelhart.org wrote:
Hi
With the multiplication of ZIM files and ZIM editors we need ways to build overviews. Without the metadatas they are not easy way to build these overviews (You have to do it by hand every time). This is waht I learned by coding the content manager of Kiwix which works now.
So I think, having ZIM files with metadatas is essential, maybe even more. I think we have to push the usage of these metadatas (title, description, creation date, creator, favicon, language) and I see 3 approaches:
(1) Make these informations mandatory (2) Make a recommendation but nothing blocking (3) Do nothing and be optimistic
What would be your preferred approach?
Regards Emmanuel _______________________________________________ dev-l mailing list dev-l@openzim.org https://intern.openzim.org/mailman/listinfo/dev-l
Oh yes, and I vote for making it mandatory.
On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 4:27 PM, Arunesh Mathur <aruneshmathur1990@gmail.com
wrote:
I agree, the metadata that you describe does look essential.
On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 4:08 PM, emmanuel@engelhart.org wrote:
Hi
With the multiplication of ZIM files and ZIM editors we need ways to build overviews. Without the metadatas they are not easy way to build these overviews (You have to do it by hand every time). This is waht I learned by coding the content manager of Kiwix which works now.
So I think, having ZIM files with metadatas is essential, maybe even more. I think we have to push the usage of these metadatas (title, description, creation date, creator, favicon, language) and I see 3 approaches:
(1) Make these informations mandatory (2) Make a recommendation but nothing blocking (3) Do nothing and be optimistic
What would be your preferred approach?
Regards Emmanuel _______________________________________________ dev-l mailing list dev-l@openzim.org https://intern.openzim.org/mailman/listinfo/dev-l
-- Best,
Arunesh Mathur III year, Undergraduate, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, National Institute of Technology Karnataka Surathkal, India.