[Digikam-devel] "Album Type" or "Album Family"

[Gilles Caulier]

2009/1/2 Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles at gmail.com>

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> 2009/1/2 Marcel Wiesweg <marcel.wiesweg at gmx.de>
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>  > > I would go with "Album Type", but I don't use this feature anyway, so
>> I'm
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>> > > not a big help here. I usually only tag images, folders can be found
>>
>> > > quickly with the album search textfield.
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>> > >
>>
>> > > Anyay,
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>> > > +1 for "Album Type" from me.
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>> >
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>> > Hmm: I never understood these album collections .... ;-)
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>> Me neither. This is a very old concept but apparently still used by some.
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>> >
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>> > Much more consistent to me would be the possibility to associate
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>> > tags to albums, as discussed in
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>> > http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=133011
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>> > However, I am not sure about all consequences of this
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>> > (and what changes would be required ...)
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>> We did not touch the Albums and Tags tables for 0.10 because there is no
>> urgent need for this. There are some wishes as the one you mentioned and we
>> can look into that for the future, but we can live with the current
>> situation quite well I think.
>>
>> > > > In KDE3, "Album Collection" term been used to sort album tree view
>> by
>>
>> > > > defined type. It can be considerated a _single tag_ feature for
>> albums.
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>> > > > Not that this data are not stored in database.
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>> > > >
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>> > > > In KDE4, i have used the term "Collections" to design "Root Album
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>> > > > Paths". The old KDE3 "Album Collection" concept still here but have
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>> > > > been renamed "Album Type" (in setup page only). I need to fix the
>> rest
>>
>> > > > of digiKam strings using "Album Type", for ex in View/Sort Albums,
>> "By
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>> > > > Collection" option still present.
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>> > > >
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>> > > > But i'm not sure if "Album Type" is the right term. Perhaps "Album
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>> > > > Family" is better. What do you think about ?
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>> > > >
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>> > > > Note : In KDE4, "Album Type" data still not stored in database ?
>> Marcel
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>> > > > ?
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>> It is stored in the DB just as it was for KDE3, as the text field
>> "collection" in the Albums table.
>>
>> Marcel
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> Yes, Album table as a properties named Collection (which must be renamed in
> Database schema to be consistent with the rest), but the list of Collections
> (Families) still stored in digikam.rc file.
>
> Gilles
>


perhaps "Category" is better than "Family" ? What do you think about ?

Gilles
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