Expanded metadata support #10

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opened 2026-03-07 08:02:12 +01:00 by tijlvdb · 0 comments

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2026-03-07 08:02:12 +01:00

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We only support "basic" metadata right now. We parse what comes from ComicInfo.xml/books and turn that into our our own format, but this needs to be expanded upon.

I want to remove individual keys for staff (like penciller/inker/colorist/...) and have a "staff" array which contains name/role. Then at the end of a scan we take the "highest" source that has staff set, and take that. (Would be nice to have settings to customize the meta merge process). Same for tags/genres - but a structured setup for that (like MangaBaka tags v2)

We'll then have a task that syncs staff into a separate table and link table, so we can see content in all libraries from a specific person, search them, etc. Same for tags

Refactor metadata handling/merging
Come up with an improved merged metadata structure, based on comics and books for now
Comics: Allow volume to not be an int - I know it sometimes doesn't contain an int, but don't have examples
Add staff support: table, sync, some way to display these in the UI
Add tags/genres support: table, sync, and UI
Rework how we display metadata in the content page - it's kinda primitive right now
Rework manual metadata overrides to work with this

We only support "basic" metadata right now. We parse what comes from ComicInfo.xml/books and turn that into our [our own format](https://git.tijlvdb.me/tijlvdb/voltis/src/commit/994e8c0363df998d71b75a54ec05a01f0eabf50e/backend/scanner/comicinfo.go#L57), but this needs to be expanded upon. I want to remove individual keys for staff (like penciller/inker/colorist/...) and have a "staff" array which contains name/role. Then at the end of a scan we take the "highest" source that has staff set, and take that. (Would be nice to have settings to customize the meta merge process). Same for tags/genres - but a structured setup for that (like MangaBaka tags v2) We'll then have a task that syncs staff into a separate table and link table, so we can see content in all libraries from a specific person, search them, etc. Same for tags - [x] Refactor metadata handling/merging - [ ] Come up with an improved merged metadata structure, based on comics and books for now - [ ] Comics: Allow volume to not be an int - I know it sometimes doesn't contain an int, but don't have examples - [ ] Add staff support: table, sync, some way to display these in the UI - [ ] Add tags/genres support: table, sync, and UI - [ ] Rework how we display metadata in the content page - it's kinda primitive right now - [ ] Rework manual metadata overrides to work with this