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** pro: allows easier filtering in a player (e.g. search "Miguel Calo voc:")
** pro: allows easier filtering in a player (e.g. search "Miguel Calo voc:")
** pro: same scheme can be used for general role marking, e.g. "Juan D'Arienzo piano:Rodolfo Biagi"
** pro: same scheme can be used for general role marking, e.g. "Juan D'Arienzo piano:Rodolfo Biagi"
* marking instrumental
** "Miguel Calo voc:-"
** "Miguel Calo (instr.)"
*examples
*examples
** '''Miguel Caló, voc:Raul Berón''' - current preferred
** '''Miguel Caló, voc:Raul Berón''' - current preferred

Revision as of 2008-05-01T11:16:30

This is an attempt for tango music metadata standard. If files are exchanged between two parties and they use the same policy then there is no need to re-tag files to make them fit into ones library.

all fields

  • Character set: ISO 8859-1? Unicode?
    • Contra: might hinder searching if you cannot type them. Winamp will not find "Caló" if you search "Calo"

track titles

genre

  • upper case vs. lower case
  • which genres, sub genres?

artist

  • accents
  • marking vocal
    • pro: allows easier filtering in a player (e.g. search "Miguel Calo voc:")
    • pro: same scheme can be used for general role marking, e.g. "Juan D'Arienzo piano:Rodolfo Biagi"
  • marking instrumental
    • "Miguel Calo voc:-"
    • "Miguel Calo (instr.)"
  • examples
    • Miguel Caló, voc:Raul Berón - current preferred
    • Miguel Calo canta Raul Beron
    • Miguel Calo, Raul Beron
    • Terig Tucci, Carlos Gardel
    • Carlos Gardel, Terig Tucci
    • Angel Vargas, Angel Vargas
      • (Orquestra Vargas with Vargas singing)
    • Angel D'Agostino, Angel Vargas