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bopuc · 04-01-2020, 10:25 PM

Hello!

I just noticed you seem to have changed the HTML markup of the annotations saved in the Calibre database (may have been a while ago, I haven't updated since last October).

I run a script to extract my Annotations from the Calibre database into a separate system and the change has broken this. Specifically you seem to have removed some of the semantics that used to be there, e.g.:"class="user_annotations"", class="timestamp", class="highlight", etc…

Could I ask kindly that you please put that stuff back in? Not only is purely presentational HTML very 1990s, but for those of us who do further processing, having semantic markup makes it possible to parse the HTML out into data again for our own uses.

Pretty please?

I can see, looking at my DB, that you seem to have changed the HTML at least 2-3 times. I'd be happy to help clear this up and fix it if you need a hand!

Pleeeease? I built a huge system based off of Calibre and this plugin *expressly* so I can do stuff with my Annotation. This change breaks almost a decade of work… :\

(Also noticed that what is stored in the DB is not what is rendered in the Calibre "Edit Metadata" view for books. The database still holds the old HTML, whereas the View Metadata parses it into the new HTML markup? )

04-01-2020, 10:25 PM	#709
bopuc livin' with ebooks Posts: 42 Karma: 42048 Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Berlin (DE), winters in Aomori (JP), from Montréal (CA) Device: Libra2, KOA	HTML of annotations saved in Calibre Database Hello! I just noticed you seem to have changed the HTML markup of the annotations saved in the Calibre database (may have been a while ago, I haven't updated since last October). I run a script to extract my Annotations from the Calibre database into a separate system and the change has broken this. Specifically you seem to have removed some of the semantics that used to be there, e.g.:"class="user_annotations"", class="timestamp", class="highlight", etc… Could I ask kindly that you please put that stuff back in? Not only is purely presentational HTML very 1990s, but for those of us who do further processing, having semantic markup makes it possible to parse the HTML out into data again for our own uses. Pretty please? I can see, looking at my DB, that you seem to have changed the HTML at least 2-3 times. I'd be happy to help clear this up and fix it if you need a hand! Pleeeease? I built a huge system based off of Calibre and this plugin expressly so I can do stuff with my Annotation. This change breaks almost a decade of work… :\ (Also noticed that what is stored in the DB is not what is rendered in the Calibre "Edit Metadata" view for books. The database still holds the old HTML, whereas the View Metadata parses it into the new HTML markup? ) Last edited by bopuc; 04-01-2020 at 11:41 PM.