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Solene Rapenne solene at perso.pw
Fri Feb 26 12:54:31 GMT 2021
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On Fri, 26 Feb 2021 13:16:31 +0100Philip Linde <linde.philip at gmail.com>:
On Fri, 26 Feb 2021 11:51:08 +0100
nothien at uber.space wrote:
Hi!
I've lost track of the currently raging metadata thread entirely, and so
I've started this as a new post.
Thus far, I think there's general consensus on the following needs for
any metadata proposal:
1. Must degrade gracefully for clients that don't understand metadata.
Agreed.
2. Must not be English-specific.
What is the preferable alternative? We could use numbers to indicate
element type, but ultimately numbers are dependent on numeral systems,
which depend on language and culture.
If instead of using English directly, we define opaque strings of
characters for the tags, such that the tag "author" consistently means
"author", we really achieve the same thing. That is a simple solution
that is language independent.
Or we could use emoji, although I believe most computer users in the
world would have a harder time typing out a given emoji than a given
opaque, ASCII- and English-compatible string.
So you wouldn't mind using ふ風字כرُ instead of "author" if we agreeit can be opaque to the users?-------------- next part --------------A non-text attachment was scrubbed...Name: not availableType: application/pgp-signatureSize: 228 bytesDesc: Signature digitale OpenPGPURL: <https://lists.orbitalfox.eu/archives/gemini/attachments/20210226/2b1c7129/attachment.sig>