Multi-Language Metadata Storage Using Segmented Language Files
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional methods for storing and searching metadata in multiple languages are inefficient, leading to wasted storage capacity and confusion between words with the same meaning in different languages, especially in systems with limited memory resources.
Innovation Solution
The use of an information storage medium that includes metadata files with language identifiers, download information for remote servers, and a manifest file structure that allows for efficient storage and retrieval of metadata in multiple languages, enabling language-independent and language-dependent metadata to be stored and updated, minimizing memory usage and avoiding confusion during searches.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If metadata is stored in multiple languages using conventional methods, then users can search for contents in different languages, but storage capacity is wasted and memory resources are consumed inefficiently
Solution Approach 1:
The metadata is segmented into language-specific portions and a common structure. Each language version stores only its unique textual content while sharing the common metadata schema and structure, thereby reducing redundant storage of identical data across multiple language versions.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of storing complete duplicate metadata files for each language, the system stores a single master metadata structure with language-specific string values. The reproduction apparatus dynamically copies or instantiates the appropriate language version during runtime, eliminating the need to physically store multiple complete copies.
2Measurement precision
If complete metadata files are stored for each language version, then accurate language-specific searches are enabled, but memory resources in reproduction apparatus are excessively consumed
Solution Approach 1:
The metadata storage is segmented into a shared common structure and language-specific value portions. This segmentation allows the system to maintain complete metadata structures in memory for accurate searching while only storing language-specific variations, thereby reducing overall memory consumption without compromising search capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary processing to identify and extract language-specific metadata portions during the metadata creation phase. This preliminary action enables the reproduction apparatus to load only necessary language-specific data into memory rather than loading entire duplicate metadata files for each supported language.
3Ease of operation
If multiple language versions of metadata are stored separately, then users can browse in their preferred language, but the system complexity and storage requirements increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple language versions are merged into a single unified metadata structure where language-specific values are stored in a standardized format within the common schema. This merging eliminates the need for separate file structures for each language, reducing system complexity while maintaining the ability to display metadata in any supported language.
Solution Approach 2:
The metadata structure is designed with universal language support built-in, where the same data structure can represent any language version through language-identifier fields. This universal design allows the system to handle multiple languages through a single standardized interface, reducing operational complexity compared to language-specific implementations.
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AI summary
An information storage medium for storing metadata supporting multiple languages and a method of processing the metadata are provided. The information storage medium is provided to store contents, and at least one metadata file in which information regarding the contents is recorded in at least one language. The metadata file comprises a plurality of language files in which a plurality of versions of the information regarding the contents written in a plurality of languages are provided, and the languages are identified by the names of the respective language files. The names of the language files may include a language identifier according to an ISO 639-2 standard. The information may also include download information regarding a plurality of downloadable metadata files that are downloadable from other storage media.