On Fri, Aug 18, 2000 at 09:50:34AM -0500, Scott G. Miller wrote: > > These all have the same format as a "normal" file: > > > > Normal > > Author=Brandon > > Content-type=image/gif > > Title=picture of a monkey > > Data > > <a bunch of binary gibberish representing a gif file> > > The problem is, this doesn't allow for metadata types that we don't > specify. Thats one of the main advantages to the metadata field. Someone > should be able to put anything they damn well please in the metadata field > if they want, because there might be instances where our system isn't > totally what they need (say they want to integrate with a software package > that uses XML metadata).
You can still put anything you want in metadata. Just ignore lines that can't be interpreted when interpreting metadata. Anyways, this just specifies the general format, not what fields you use and what you put in those fields. Hell, I could put: Disclaimer=If you're reading this, you're an idiot in a file's metadata. -- Travis Bemann Sendmail is still screwed up on my box. My email address is really bemann at execpc.com. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 1312 bytes Desc: not available URL: <https://emu.freenetproject.org/pipermail/devl/attachments/20000818/ba8cddac/attachment.pgp>
