On Sat, Sep 18, 2004 at 09:03:21PM -0800, D. Starner wrote:
Greg Newby <gbnewby@pglaf.org> writes:
Sorry about that, David. The reason is that the automatic cataloging program only picks up the metadata in the book header like Author:, Title:, etc.
So is this something that I should take up within DP? What needs to be done that isn't?
Catalog/index entries are created automatically (GUTINDEX.ALL is created by hand, from the Posted messages). So, it's probably best to do what you're doing: check the index the day after posting, and email changes/fixes to catalog@pglaf.org We *can* add fields like "Translator: " and "Illustrator: " to the eBook metadata, which are picked up by the automatic catalog creator. But for complex author lists we need to tweak the catalog entry by hand. I am not sure we can automate things much more than they are already, but if you see areas for improvement either with the DP process or the WW process, speak up and we'll see whether the ideas are viable. I expect that these types of problems will go away when we eventually start having richer (or at least better formatted) metadata in eBook files "born as XML," but with our current procedure there's a little too much variety in the eBook layout, author names/roles, and so forth to be able to create completely automatic catalog entries from the eBooks themselves. Thanks! -- Greg