Orchestra Tag

[simoncn]

(27-06-2012 08:49)bbrip Wrote:  Hi Simon,

thats fine, I can live with your suggestion above.

Thanks! I'd like to revisit this in a few months when more people have got used to the MinimServer approach to tagging and indexing. In the meantime, I'm going to contact some content providers to see what their views are on how these kinds of combinations should be tagged. Most are currently putting everything together in a single Artist tag (presumably because this works best with current servers and control points). I've also seen a few uses of the Conductor tag.

One idea for the content provider discussions is that there could be a new set of tags that would sit alongside the current Artist tag but not replace it. MinimServer would use the new tags (if present) for indexing, and it would use the Artist tag for the control point artist information. The new tags would be things like Conductor, Orchestra, Choir, Chorus, Ensemble, Director, Leader, Performer, Accompanist, Soloist, etc., with consistent industry conventions for how the new tags are used. This approach would maintain compatibility with "legacy" servers and control points while enabling a new generation of servers and control points that provide better indexing and richer information.

What do people think about this approach?