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Allerwertester · 09-25-2021, 05:22 AM

Hi there,

this is mainly a suggestion for adding maybe non w3-standard title tags into calibre resp. the metadata section of epubs. I'm new here and this forum is linked from the calibre web site, so I do hope that this is the right place to add a suggestion like this.

I understand that – according to the w3-markup-code – I can add multiple <dc:title></dc:title> tags within the metadata section of epubs, but they will not be read other than a book's main title (when alone) or as a main title with sub title(s), according to their appearance within the metadata section, read from first to last.

Other than that, there seems no way to include specific title information within an epub (that can be read by calibre). Also, calibre only reads and shows the first <dc:title></dc:title> tag of a metadata section, as far as I have found out. I don't know if any ebook reader device or software understands more than just one <dc:title></dc:title> section. My kobo does not.

I know that I can manually add a user defined field into calibre that shows up in a second calibre metadata tab plus in the right window plus as a quite big calibre-only entry within the ebook's metatags, but it's odd to have a second calibre tab for information that to me seems to be important. It's also not elegant. I do think there should be additional unique title-description tags for adding more and specific title information.

The title information I would like have included are
- the original title of a book, when this is the translated version of it (something like <dc:title_original></dc:title_original>);
- the titles of stories, texts, articles, etc. if the book is a collection of those with it's own title (something like <dc:title_included></dc:title_included>).

Thanks for reading! As a not native English speaking person I do hope I could make myself somehow understandable.

09-25-2021, 05:22 AM	#1
Allerwertester Member Posts: 19 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2021 Location: Germany Device: kobo forma	Title sections Hi there, this is mainly a suggestion for adding maybe non w3-standard title tags into calibre resp. the metadata section of epubs. I'm new here and this forum is linked from the calibre web site, so I do hope that this is the right place to add a suggestion like this. I understand that – according to the w3-markup-code – I can add multiple <dc:title></dc:title> tags within the metadata section of epubs, but they will not be read other than a book's main title (when alone) or as a main title with sub title(s), according to their appearance within the metadata section, read from first to last. Other than that, there seems no way to include specific title information within an epub (that can be read by calibre). Also, calibre only reads and shows the first <dc:title></dc:title> tag of a metadata section, as far as I have found out. I don't know if any ebook reader device or software understands more than just one <dc:title></dc:title> section. My kobo does not. I know that I can manually add a user defined field into calibre that shows up in a second calibre metadata tab plus in the right window plus as a quite big calibre-only entry within the ebook's metatags, but it's odd to have a second calibre tab for information that to me seems to be important. It's also not elegant. I do think there should be additional unique title-description tags for adding more and specific title information. The title information I would like have included are - the original title of a book, when this is the translated version of it (something like <dc:title_original></dc:title_original>); - the titles of stories, texts, articles, etc. if the book is a collection of those with it's own title (something like <dc:title_included></dc:title_included>). Thanks for reading! As a not native English speaking person I do hope I could make myself somehow understandable.