On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 12:32 AM, Ross Tyler <rossety...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 06/10/2012 11:09 AM, Nicolás Tamargo de Eguren wrote: >>> The more I think about this, the more I like it. I think we can make it >>> better. I would replace the single dash with four and a space. Such is >>> commonly used to encode a horizontal rule in wikis. We already have a >>> precedent for handling series >>> http://musicbrainz.org/doc/Style/Titles/Series_numbers >>> I think that this can be adapted to our needs here to include numbers, >>> letters and names as elements in the series. >>> So, in the database, the above would be encoded >>> >>> 12" Vinyl 2:<optional disc name>, Sides Black& White >>> >>> 1 Hey You >>> 2 Is There Anybody out There? >>> [...] >>> ---- 1 The Trial >>> 2 Outside the Wall >>> >>> But we needn't stop there. With intelligent software to parse such, this all >>> could be presented on the web interface much as you have described (complete >>> with a real horizontal rule, and/or an outline format of the side content). >>> The Web service could do the same to provide the Side for each track that >>> Picard would use for tagging. >> Maybe I'm being too blunt, but... Am I really the only one that thinks >> that this is not only a very crappy hack that depends on code being >> there that nobody is volunteering to write, but also nuts? >> > Of course it is a crappy hack. It wouldn't be the first time we used a > hammer to bang things into a deficient data model (pre NGS disc 1, disc > 2 ... on separate MB releases comes to mind). I say putting anything in > the "Track Number" field but a track number is a crappy hack - but here > we are with a proposed solution to handling vinyl sides and track > numbers and I am trying my best to bend the model to fit the truth (or > is that vice-versa?). My proposal would not *require* any code be > written. Things would look just the same as they are now except there > would be a horizontal rule (4 dashes) indicating a side break and the > sequence of side numbers would appear in the disc title. Since the track > numbers are right justified on the web page, this would much better than > above as all the numbers would still line up. Given the tools we have, > it seems the best solution to me ... but maybe I am nuts. Sorry for trying.
It just does seem to make things fairly complex and definitely unexpected for the average editor for a very marginal gain. > _______________________________________________ > MusicBrainz-style mailing list > MusicBrainz-style@lists.musicbrainz.org > http://lists.musicbrainz.org/mailman/listinfo/musicbrainz-style -- Nicolás Tamargo de Eguren _______________________________________________ MusicBrainz-style mailing list MusicBrainz-style@lists.musicbrainz.org http://lists.musicbrainz.org/mailman/listinfo/musicbrainz-style
