[ID3 Dev] 'Extending' ID3 V2.4

[Paul Taylor]

Completely agree XML must be the way to go it would be so much easier to 
enforcer validation,implement a libray and be able to view directly in a 
human readable form. MusicBrainz (ww.musicbrainz.org) uses XML RDF to 
store its track data maybe this could be used as the basis of an XML 
Format. I know there are a number of formats additional to ID3v2, do any 
of these already use XML ?

Paul Grebenc wrote:

>
>> Another "problem" with XML is that it is so flexible when it comes to
>> the text encoding of the actual document.  Having to support so many
>> text encodings can be a big problem, especially in the embedded space.
>
>
> The specification could dictate that the tag has to use UTF-8.  Or, it 
> would be just as easy to not dictate that and let anyone use their 
> preference.  As it stands, ID3v2 supports Unicode, but I doubt there 
> are very many embedded devices that will correctly display anything 
> outside the standard ASCII character set.  There are probably enough 
> desktop applications that support ID3v2 that won't do the right thing 
> with Unicode, as it is.
>
> I don't want to argue this point forever.  I just want to express 
> three opinions:
>
> 1. Parsing XML without a full-blown parser/DOM support does not have 
> to be hard.
>
> 2. A new version should target the embedded devices that will be 
> designed a few years from now as the minimum embedded platform.  
> Existing devices aren't going to retroactively support any new 
> version, regardless of how simple it is, so there's no value in 
> wondering whether a three year old 32MB keychain player can 'handle it'.
>
> 3. XML has some disadvantages, but the one enormous advantage it has, 
> considering that half the traffic on this list is moaning about bad 
> ID3v2 implementations, is the ability it provides to universally 
> enforce validation.
>
> Paul
>
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