We'll certainly want to get this cleaned up in the Collections
extension. I'll add this to bugzilla in case its not already there.

--tomasz


On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 5:22 AM,  <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi
>
> I updated the documentation and make the pre-listed meta information as
> mandatory:
> http://openzim.org/index.php?title=Metadata&diff=prev&oldid=1296
>
> I tested in that way the Mediawiki:Collection extension, the problems are:
> https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28953
> * No description
> * Favicon is always the same
>
> kiwix Perl script is already updated and each new ZIM will provide this meta
> informations.
>
> Regards
> Emmanuel
>
> On Thu, 16 Jun 2011 17:21:27 +0200, Manuel Schneider wrote:
>>
>> Hi Emmanuel,
>>
>> So far as I remember when we have defined the metadata we also defined
>> that these attributes we have defined are also mandatory, while
>> additional metadata (ideally also defined by dublin core) may be used.
>>
>> Manuel Schneider
>>
>> Sent via mobile phone (+49 170 7740589).
>>
>> ----- Reply message -----
>> Von: [email protected]
>> An:
>> Betreff: [openZIM dev-l] Make Metadatas mandatory?
>> Datum: Do., Jun. 16, 2011 12:38
>>
>>  Hi
>>
>>  With the multiplication of ZIM files and ZIM editors we need ways to
>>  build overviews.
>>  Without the metadatas they are not easy way to build these overviews
>>  (You have to do it by hand every time).
>>  This is waht I learned by coding the content manager of Kiwix which
>>  works now.
>>
>>  So I think, having ZIM files with metadatas is essential, maybe even
>>  more.
>>  I think we have to push the usage of these metadatas (title,
>>  description, creation date, creator, favicon, language) and I see 3
>>  approaches:
>>
>>  (1) Make these informations mandatory
>>  (2) Make a recommendation but nothing blocking
>>  (3) Do nothing and be optimistic
>>
>>  What would be your preferred approach?
>>
>>  Regards
>>  Emmanuel
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