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Originally Posted by tompe
In what way are they different?
I just looked at Dublin Core Metadata Element Set and I would like to have all 15 elements in my book data base. I also might need additional elements.
A lot of my friends use the library classification system for their books. I assume they also use other meta information inspired from libraries.
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Users of private collections are typically more interested in reading than in cataloging
They need a tool that allows them to get a certain minimum amount of metadata reasonabl correct, with as little effort as possible. Librarians on the other hand, never actually read all their books, they spend their time making sure all the metadata associated with each book is correct.
And let me say this one last time in bold:
calibre allows you store arbitrary metadata for each book. It just doesn't allow you to sort on the arbitrary metadata. You can still search on it, refer to it, admire it, show it to all your friends.