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

[Andi Clemens]

Yes, Category sounds way better...

Andi

On Friday 02 January 2009 21:12:37 Gilles Caulier wrote:
> 2009/1/2 Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles at gmail.com>
>
> > 2009/1/2 Marcel Wiesweg <marcel.wiesweg at gmx.de>
> >
> >  > > I would go with "Album Type", but I don't use this feature anyway,
> >  > > so
> >>
> >> I'm
> >>
> >> > > not a big help here. I usually only tag images, folders can be found
> >> > >
> >> > > quickly with the album search textfield.
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > > Anyay,
> >> > >
> >> > > +1 for "Album Type" from me.
> >> >
> >> > Hmm: I never understood these album collections .... ;-)
> >>
> >> Me neither. This is a very old concept but apparently still used by
> >> some.
> >>
> >> > Much more consistent to me would be the possibility to associate
> >> >
> >> > tags to albums, as discussed in
> >> >
> >> > http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=133011
> >> >
> >> > However, I am not sure about all consequences of this
> >> >
> >> > (and what changes would be required ...)
> >>
> >> 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.
> >>
> >> > > > Not that this data are not stored in database.
> >> > > >
> >> > > >
> >> > > >
> >> > > > In KDE4, i have used the term "Collections" to design "Root Album
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Paths". The old KDE3 "Album Collection" concept still here but
> >> > > > have
> >> > > >
> >> > > > 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
> >>
> >> > > > Collection" option still present.
> >> > > >
> >> > > >
> >> > > >
> >> > > > But i'm not sure if "Album Type" is the right term. Perhaps "Album
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Family" is better. What do you think about ?
> >> > > >
> >> > > >
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Note : In KDE4, "Album Type" data still not stored in database ?
> >>
> >> Marcel
> >>
> >> > > > ?
> >>
> >> It is stored in the DB just as it was for KDE3, as the text field
> >> "collection" in the Albums table.
> >>
> >> Marcel
> >
> > 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