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cybmole · 02-02-2014, 04:03 AM

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Element Name: title

Label: Title
Definition: A name given to the resource.

Element Name: identifier

Label: Identifier
Definition: An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given
context.
Comment: Recommended best practice is to identify the
resource by means of a string conforming
to a formal identification system.

it's not that specific about best place to place a book title IMHO, but to me, identifier looks the better choice

UPDATE - I take that back. I randomly checked several books, all have title in the title field & nowhere else. It seems my initial gripe was based on inspecting one book which did not follow that convention.

UPDATE " - after more testing with ADW / SOny reader, I think that where the book is licensed and is added via an acsm file, then those programs are gettiing the title from the acsm file, but with a non licensed/non DRM book, they revert to reading the title field in the opf. They don't read the filename because tweaking that has no effect.

02-02-2014, 04:03 AM	#7
cybmole Wizard Posts: 3,720 Karma: 1759970 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: none	ok Element Name: title Label: Title Definition: A name given to the resource. Element Name: identifier Label: Identifier Definition: An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context. Comment: Recommended best practice is to identify the resource by means of a string conforming to a formal identification system. it's not that specific about best place to place a book title IMHO, but to me, identifier looks the better choice UPDATE - I take that back. I randomly checked several books, all have title in the title field & nowhere else. It seems my initial gripe was based on inspecting one book which did not follow that convention. UPDATE " - after more testing with ADW / SOny reader, I think that where the book is licensed and is added via an acsm file, then those programs are gettiing the title from the acsm file, but with a non licensed/non DRM book, they revert to reading the title field in the opf. They don't read the filename because tweaking that has no effect. Last edited by cybmole; 02-02-2014 at 06:45 AM.