Re: New syntax for metadata?

On 02/20/2010 04:03 PM, chombee wrote:
> Maybe a suggestion for 2.0? Or, this could perhaps be implemented as a
> plugin first as a test and then maybe integrated into 2.0 later.
>
> Pyblosxom's entry metadata is a neat feature but in my humble opinion
> the syntax is a little ugly and non-standard.  Here's an example of what
> I'm talking about:
>
>      This is my first post
>      #mood bored
>      #music The Doors - Greatest Hits Vol 1
>
>      This is the beginning of the body of my post...
>
> The most standard, recognisable use of words beginning with a # like
> that is as tags in twitter, identica etc., not as key: value pairs.

PyBlosxom and Blosxom both predate Twitter and Identi.ca.  I don't think 
that this is adequate argument that the metadata syntax is non-standard.

> It's
> also very limited. Metadata keys cannot contain spaces, and metadata
> values can only be one line long. I'd suggest an alternative syntax:
> [snip]

What are the compelling use cases for spaces in metadata keys and 
metadata values that are longer than a line?  Have there been things you 
haven't been able to do with the existing format?

I agree that this would be a good thing to test out in an entry parser 
plugin, work with other people who are like-minded, see what issues are 
involved, and then see if it gains traction amongst PyBlosxom users.

/will

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