#recordXML (2).
Spent about an hour or so working revisions to the DTD etc. tonight. Fixed a few (in retrospect) obvious errors and beefed up a few other things. Addressed several of the items w/r/t/ potential issues/complications with compilations. Made the bold decision to atomize it more rather than less, particularly w/r/t/ favoring the artist-track relationship over the artist-album relationship; I felt this places the proper emphasis on songs as atomized units while allowing the flexibility w/in the DTD for compilations, mixes, etc. to fit more easily into the spec. Thus do I open it up to review…
<?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”UTF-8″?>
<!ELEMENT collection (record+)>
<!ELEMENT record (album, tracklisting, original, label?, other?)>
<!ELEMENT album (title, mixedby?)>
<!ATTLIST album released NMTOKEN #IMPLIED
compilation ( false | true ) #REQUIRED
>
<!ELEMENT title (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT mixedby (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT tracklisting (track+)>
<!ELEMENT track (artist?, trackname, composer?)>
<!ATTLIST track genre CDATA #IMPLIED
tracknum NMTOKEN #IMPLIED
bpm NMTOKEN #IMPLIED
>
<!ELEMENT artist (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT trackname (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT composer (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT original (format)>
<!ATTLIST original condition ( 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 ) #REQUIRED>
<!ELEMENT format (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT label (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT other (grouping?, comments?, review*)>
<!ELEMENT grouping (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT comments (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT review (#PCDATA)>
<!ATTLIST review author CDATA #IMPLIED
source CDATA #IMPLIED
>
EXAMPLE! Right-click, save as… example.xml
Currently Playing: Depeche Mode “Free Love” (bootleg Deep Dish remix — super-sick!!)
<collection>
<record>
<album compilation=”false”><title>(unknown)</title></album>
<tracklisting><track genre=”House”><artist>Depeche Mode</artist><trackname>Free Love (Deep Dish remix)</trackname></track></tracklisting>
<original condition=”5″><format>MP3/CBR@192</format></original>
</record>
</collection>
