Annotating editions?

_savage · 09-17-2013, 12:05 PM

Is there a way to annotate the edition of an ebook somewhere in its metadata?

Toxaris · 09-17-2013, 01:05 PM

That is not what metadata is for. You could use endnotes for this...

_savage · 09-17-2013, 07:50 PM

Endnotes? At the moment the "Second Edition" remark is on the copyright page, so the reader of the book sees it.

I was just wondering if there is a way to indicate that kind of information in a different, more accessible and explicit way so that tools (or web stores) can have access to it. Like they can read the author or title from metadata.

Jellby · 09-18-2013, 03:12 AM

As far as I know, there is no proper metadata field for the edition. You could use the dc:date with some specific "event" attribute, or dc:description.

Regardless of what you do, tools, stores etc. are unlikely to make any use of it. Metadata support out there is usually very poor, often limited to title, author and publisher (and in their simplest forms).

_savage · 09-18-2013, 06:19 PM

Thanks for that, Toxaris and Jellby. Either of the two proposals sounds good, I'll think about it

Good to know though that I didn't miss some explicit/better way of handling edition information of a book.

09-17-2013, 12:05 PM	#1
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09-17-2013, 01:05 PM	#2
Toxaris Wizard Posts: 4,520 Karma: 121692313 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Heemskerk, NL Device: PRS-T1, Kobo Touch, Kobo Aura	That is not what metadata is for. You could use endnotes for this...

09-17-2013, 07:50 PM	#3
_savage Connoisseur Posts: 53 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Seattle, USA Device: Nook	Endnotes? At the moment the "Second Edition" remark is on the copyright page, so the reader of the book sees it. I was just wondering if there is a way to indicate that kind of information in a different, more accessible and explicit way so that tools (or web stores) can have access to it. Like they can read the author or title from metadata.

09-18-2013, 03:12 AM	#4
Jellby frumious Bandersnatch Posts: 7,516 Karma: 18512745 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Spaniard in Sweden Device: Cybook Orizon, Kobo Aura	As far as I know, there is no proper metadata field for the edition. You could use the dc:date with some specific "event" attribute, or dc:description. Regardless of what you do, tools, stores etc. are unlikely to make any use of it. Metadata support out there is usually very poor, often limited to title, author and publisher (and in their simplest forms).

09-18-2013, 06:19 PM	#5
_savage Connoisseur Posts: 53 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Seattle, USA Device: Nook	Thanks for that, Toxaris and Jellby. Either of the two proposals sounds good, I'll think about it Good to know though that I didn't miss some explicit/better way of handling edition information of a book.