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This is a proposed tango music metadata standard. If files are exchanged between two parties and they are tagged to the same standard, there is no need to re-tag files to make them fit into ones library.
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==
==all fields==
*Character set: ISO 8859-1? Unicode?
*Character set: ISO 8859-1? Unicode?
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* marking vocal
* marking vocal
** pro: allows filtering in a librarian e.g. search "Miguel Calo voc:"
** pro: allows filtering in a librarian e.g. search "Miguel Calo voc:"
*** con: suffers false pisitives unless marker is reserved
*** con: suffers false positives unless marker is reserved
** 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
* marking instrumental
** "Miguel Calo voc:-"
** "Miguel Calo voc:-"
** con: in search "Miguel Calo voc:" causes fasle positives
*** con: in search "Miguel Calo voc:" causes false positives
** "Miguel Calo (instr.)"
** "Miguel Calo (instr.)"
** "Miguel Calo (Instr.)"
*examples
*examples
** '''Miguel Caló, voc:Raul Berón''' - current preferred ("by [[User:Tobiasco|Tobiasco]]!" [[User:Chrisjjj|Chrisjjj]] 2008-05-01T09:40:02 (UTC))
** '''Miguel Caló, voc:Raul Berón''' - current preferred
** Miguel Calo canta Raul Beron - current in use by [[User:Chrisjjj|Chrisjjj]]
** Miguel Calo canta Raul Beron
** Miguel Calo, Raul Beron  - current in use by [tango.info tagging]  
** Miguel Calo, Raul Beron  - in use by [[tango.info tagging]] tagger1.0, currently preferred
** Terig Tucci, Carlos Gardel
** Terig Tucci, Carlos Gardel
** Carlos Gardel, Terig Tucci
** Carlos Gardel, Terig Tucci
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*** (Orquestra Vargas with Vargas singing)
*** (Orquestra Vargas with Vargas singing)
** Angel D'Agostino, Angel Vargas
** Angel D'Agostino, Angel Vargas
Related: [[field track orch]]
==album artist==
(Stored as BAND/TPE2 in .WMA/.MP3) or ALBUM ARTIST in .FLAC)<br>
Contains the albums one or two predominent artists e.g. orchestra names.
Naming is consistent with the artist field. Note: data.tango.info policy does not accord e.g.
https://tango.info/02480001061220<br>
Artist: Minotti Di Cicco<br>
Album Artist: Enrique Di Cico(Minotto)<br>
causing also https://tango.info/?q=Enrique+Di+Cico(Minotto) to give false negatives.
==date==
(Recording date.)
Related: [[field track date]]

Latest revision as of 2013-06-09T23:22:42

This is a proposed tango music metadata standard. If files are exchanged between two parties and they are tagged to the same standard, 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 filtering in a librarian e.g. search "Miguel Calo voc:"
      • con: suffers false positives unless marker is reserved
    • pro: same scheme can be used for general role marking, e.g. "Juan D'Arienzo piano:Rodolfo Biagi"
  • marking instrumental
    • "Miguel Calo voc:-"
      • con: in search "Miguel Calo voc:" causes false positives
    • "Miguel Calo (instr.)"
    • "Miguel Calo (Instr.)"
  • examples
    • Miguel Caló, voc:Raul Berón - current preferred
    • Miguel Calo canta Raul Beron
    • Miguel Calo, Raul Beron - in use by tango.info tagging tagger1.0, currently preferred
    • Terig Tucci, Carlos Gardel
    • Carlos Gardel, Terig Tucci
    • Angel Vargas, Angel Vargas
      • (Orquestra Vargas with Vargas singing)
    • Angel D'Agostino, Angel Vargas

Related: field track orch

album artist

(Stored as BAND/TPE2 in .WMA/.MP3) or ALBUM ARTIST in .FLAC)
Contains the albums one or two predominent artists e.g. orchestra names.

Naming is consistent with the artist field. Note: data.tango.info policy does not accord e.g.

https://tango.info/02480001061220
Artist: Minotti Di Cicco
Album Artist: Enrique Di Cico(Minotto)

causing also https://tango.info/?q=Enrique+Di+Cico(Minotto) to give false negatives.

date

(Recording date.)

Related: field track date