AJ Slater

**This Tag** I can't say I have feelings one way or the other about but as comicvine doesn't supply it, it won't be filled in by automated processes for western...

FWIW, I prefer [lordwelch attribute's suggestions](https://github.com/anansi-project/comicinfo/issues/6#issuecomment-1018301639) allowing multiple languages and sort schemes via attributes. While in the other thread, I know I voiced support for consistency of relying on more...

There are a few concepts here which I think may be useful for this discussion: ### Online Metadata Database Identification Numbers: - ComicVine - widely used, often represented in Notes...

That's true. I was suggesting abusing the GTIN field for other means, which is not ideal. I'm glad you mentioned readium using the urn format. i was unaware of it....

Because I see Notes fields that look like: ``` Tagged by Comictagger 1.3.1 on 1970-01-01T12:12:00 [Issue ID 1234567890] [CMXDB45678] [CVDB1234567890] [ASINBC09876] ``` I'm fairly convinced there should be: 1. An...

fwiw @Kara-Zor-El, there are some fledgling efforts to create a new comic metadata standard that is not so limited. Current discussions are centered around Readium, [OPDS v2.0](https://drafts.opds.io/opds-2.0) and the [DiViNa...

I think Image is supposed to be an index. It would be far clearer if it were called index. I have no idea what Key is supposed to be. But...

Philosophically I wonder if the simplest solution would be to make Volumes strings to accommodate anything. It's kind of strange that they're the only element of the publishing hierarchy that...

IMHO an element specifically for ReadingDirection with four states would be best for informing software how to present the comic. `LeftToRight`, `RightToLeft`, `TopToBottom`, `BottomToTop`. The Manga tag is partially overloaded...

I've just noticed that the Readium WebPub (related to OPDS-2.0) spec's metadata schema has something similar to my proposal: https://github.com/readium/webpub-manifest/blob/master/schema/metadata.schema.json#L107 ```json "readingProgression": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "rtl", "ltr", "ttb",...