[Playlist] spec comments

Bjorn Wijers bjorn at simuze.nl
Mon Jun 27 21:58:29 UTC 2005


Hi all,

I've been working intensly with the spec and I found two things I was 
wondering about:

[1] I'd noticed that it doesn't say anything about the amount of times a 
meta or link element may be/is allowed within the track element. It does 
state this for the playlist element.
My guess is that what goes for the playlist element goes also for the 
track element. If so, can somebody add this to the spec so there is no 
room for misinterpretation. If not, feel free to enlighten me ;)

playlist element 'link' description 
[http://www.xspf.org/xspf-v1.html#rfc.section.4.1.1.2.11]
track element 'link' description 
[http://www.xspf.org/xspf-v1.html#rfc.section.4.1.1.2.14.1.1.1.11]



[2] Another thing which is been bugging me for quite a while is the fact 
that we have a license node within the playlist element, but not for 
individual track elements. I've been asking what to do about and got the 
answer from Lucas to use the meta element. I'm doing it right now and 
somehow this doesn't feel right.

I have the feeling that it is a lot more natural for a playlist to have 
licenses per track due to the fact that usually not everything which is 
part of the playlist belongs to you (i.e. you are not always the 
rightsholder) and therefore you cannot give the playlist a license 
because this can conflict on a per-track basis. A license for a playlist 
is however usefull if you share your playlist with other people and ALL 
the tracks belong to you (i.e. you have the rights). My proposal is to 
add the license node to the track element.

I hope I'm not tearing open old wounds, but can somebody explain to me 
the thoughts behind not having a license element on a track element, but 
only on the playlist element?

grtz
BjornW




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