History talk:Server Release Notes/20071014

Tags

I guess it will be possible for 3rd party program to request (XML & Co I guess) the tags of an entity; will it be possible to request the tags set by one user for this entity ? --MLL

• Yes, e.g. http://test.musicbrainz.org/ws/1/tag/?id=8f6bd1e4-fbe1-4f50-aa9b-94c450ec0f11&entity=artist&type=xml -- LukasLalinsky 12:30, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Example not very talkative - returns empty xml. --MLL
    • That's probably because *you* have not defined any tags for this artist. I wonder however which URL should be used if you want *all* tags defined for an artist, not only yours. -- murdos 15:25, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
      • You're right, thanks. --MLL
      Global tags are included in the main WS queries - e.g. http://test.musicbrainz.org/ws/1/artist/8f6bd1e4-fbe1-4f50-aa9b-94c450ec0f11?type=xml&inc=tags -- LukasLalinsky 20:33, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

I think the tags should be seeable from the entity page if we want people to use / edit them. And the "Tag this artist" link is not easy to spot when there is a big soup of tags. --MLL

The tag display feature looks fine to me. Nice to have all entities (albums / artists etc in one place). --MLL

Tags are comma separated and only alphanumberic (word) characters, '-' and <space> are allowed for making tags. - I think this should be indicated when on clicks on the "Tag this artist" link. --MLL

• You can add any tags right now, for example ones with Chinese characters. Why should a Chinese user who wants to tag something as being related to 周杰倫 have to use the Englishified "Jay Chou"? I think this is good and I don't think that tags should be limited to 7-bit ascii or anything like that. I hope that the policy isn't implemented technically or as a guideline. --foolip