Re: metadata for formats with specific metadata (docbook and epub)

Patrice Dumas <[email protected]> Wed, 8 Apr 2026 21:48:53 +0200

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.tex.texinfo.bugs
Message-ID	<[email protected]>

On Sun, Apr 05, 2026 at 03:53:47PM +0100, Gavin Smith wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 04, 2026 at 10:54:44PM +0200, Patrice Dumas wrote:
> > It is possible to have lots of metadata in DocBook and epub documents,
> > using specific markup.
> 
> So a @html block in @documentinfo would output to the <head> element?

Yes.  Although if the output format is EPUB, it should instead go to the
epub specific metadata location, which is not in the <head>.

> I think that would be ok although I don't see a strong need for it.  I
> think it would be easy for users to ignore if they are not interested in this
> feature, so it's not a problem if this is what texi2any does.

Ok.  Part of the need is to avoid an additional way to specify metadata.

-- 
Pat