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Originally Posted by DaleDe
Since there are standards for ePub I must use all of the required standards whether I particularly use them or not. I do like a description although most eBook readers won't allow me to display it. Some publishers might use it for an online description of the book but most want it separately I believe. I like lots of metadata, in particular the publish date for copyright determination is useful. rights was not listed in your list but is useful for the same purpose. You should really look at our wiki and view the Dublin Core list of applicable entries. Subject (genre) is also needed but not in your list.
Dale |
The reason I didn't list the "Genre" is because it is not a "standard tag", in all the sources I can find, none of them provide a tag called "genre", but "category" or "tag" instead, I don't think they can replace "genre" perfectly.
E.g., for "category", I may get "fiction", "child", "new arrival", obviously, "new arrival" is not a "genre" but just a category in an online book shop. For "tag", I may get "horror" "stephen king" "best of 2014" from Goodreads API, but "stephen king" "best of 2014" are all tags tagged by Goodreads users, not a "genre".
If you can tell where to get correct "genre" information I will be much appreciated. Thank you in advance.
I didn't imagine that copyright-related metadata is important, that's why I didn't list them, looks like I am wrong.
Thank you for the valuable information.