Or we could expand the spec to contain alternate fields for a given tag. That way the default tag is in the origin language of the content, but alternate tags could surface localizations into search or display.

The only downside is dusting off the ID3 spec, amending it, and then somehow coercing everyone who thought music tagging was “done” to update their software to support it.

The software part of the solution is easy-peasy. The political part, infinitely harder.

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