Custom Metadata Field

[gpp]

Hi All,
Is there a [easy] way to create a custom metadata field (one that isn't already in the Basic or Advanced)?
Thank you!

[Toxaris]

Valloric isn't a big fan of non-standard/proprietary meta-tags. In the new version however, you can edit the ncx and add them yourself.
At the moment you need to do it manually afterwards.

[gpp]

Thanks for the answer!!

Having problems with some custom meta fields (needed by kobobooks):

<dc:Account Holder ID>Value</dc:Account Holder ID>
<dc:Territorial Rights>Value</dc:Territorial Rights>
<dc:Number of Free Chapters>Value</dc:Number of Free Chapters>
<dc:Publication Date>Value</dc:Publication Date>
<dc:BISAC>Value</dc:BISAC>

Poking around content.opf I figure that's where they go. I place them just after all other fields generated through Sigil (In meta basic and Advanced), namely after subject, authors, etc. The effect: epub won't open (whether calibre viewer, sigil or firefox). When I remove these tags everything works.

What am I doing wrong?

It's my first epub work...

Originally Posted by Toxaris

Valloric isn't a big fan of non-standard/proprietary meta-tags. In the new version however, you can edit the ncx and add them yourself.
At the moment you need to do it manually afterwards.

[theducks]

Originally Posted by gpp

Thanks for the answer!!

Having problems with some custom meta fields (needed by kobobooks):

<dc:Account Holder ID>Value</dc:Account Holder ID>
<dc:Territorial Rights>Value</dc:Territorial Rights>
<dc:Number of Free Chapters>Value</dc:Number of Free Chapters>
<dc:Publication Date>Value</dc:Publication Date>
<dc:BISAC>Value</dc:BISAC>

Poking around content.opf I figure that's where they go. I place them just after all other fields generated through Sigil (In meta basic and Advanced), namely after subject, authors, etc. The effect: epub won't open (whether calibre viewer, sigil or firefox). When I remove these tags everything works.

What am I doing wrong?

It's my first epub work...

Did you place them before the

</metadata>

tag?
I take it you replaced Value with the proper 'content'

[Toxaris]

How did you change/add it? By unzipping and zipping the epub? The epub is a special format zip.

[Jellby]

Originally Posted by gpp

<dc:Account Holder ID>Value</dc:Account Holder ID>
<dc:Territorial Rights>Value</dc:Territorial Rights>
<dc:Number of Free Chapters>Value</dc:Number of Free Chapters>
<dc:Publication Date>Value</dc:Publication Date>
<dc:BISAC>Value</dc:BISAC>

Are these really Dublic Core (dc) tags? Is it allowed to have spaces in tag names? Are you sure it's not something like this?:

<meta name="Territorial Rights" content="Value" />

[gpp]

Originally Posted by Jellby

Are these really Dublic Core (dc) tags? Is it allowed to have spaces in tag names? Are you sure it's not something like this?:

<meta name="Territorial Rights" content="Value" />

Thank you!

Inputting tags this way (before </metadata>): <meta name="Territorial Rights" content="Value" /> allows me to open the epub file and read it. However, the field does not show in the Meta Editor in Sigil. Will it still be read by kobo system?

I take it that it was an issue with spaces in tag names, because all other tags required by kobo, which are a single word, work fine by way of <dc:BISAC>US</dc:BISAC> And these show up later in sigil's Meta Editor.

Thanks again!