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Ruthd · 03-17-2019, 09:08 AM

Hi,
I belong to a volunteer group who produces ebooks from public domain material and have done thousands. We have been using Calibre to convert to different formats.

My question is to do with metadata. We have found that a number of volunteers are adding metadata for creator (the original author) in the format "firstname lastname" and a number in the format "lastname, firstname". And then some will be an organisation.

We have realised that we don't actually know which is correct and works best in keeping our users happy.

I note that Calibre lists the Author as 'firstname lastname' but sorts on the last name.

Once we establish which is correct, we than have to work out how (or whether) to fix the existing books. As they are in our own database, we would need a way to do it in bulk and put it back in our database. But first, we need to know what should be our standard. I have tried to research the Dublin Core preference, but it is unclear.

Help in clarifying would be greatly appreciated.

03-17-2019, 09:08 AM	#1
Ruthd Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2019 Device: none	Correct format for author name in metadata Hi, I belong to a volunteer group who produces ebooks from public domain material and have done thousands. We have been using Calibre to convert to different formats. My question is to do with metadata. We have found that a number of volunteers are adding metadata for creator (the original author) in the format "firstname lastname" and a number in the format "lastname, firstname". And then some will be an organisation. We have realised that we don't actually know which is correct and works best in keeping our users happy. I note that Calibre lists the Author as 'firstname lastname' but sorts on the last name. Once we establish which is correct, we than have to work out how (or whether) to fix the existing books. As they are in our own database, we would need a way to do it in bulk and put it back in our database. But first, we need to know what should be our standard. I have tried to research the Dublin Core preference, but it is unclear. Help in clarifying would be greatly appreciated.