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| '''Audio Workflow:''' || '''Main Category''' || '''Additional Category''' || '''Description''' || || Audio || Recorder || Application to record audio (single or multi-track) || || Audio || Mixer || Application to set levels and do signal processing on individual tracks || || Audio || Midi || Any application that has midi functionality (or relates to midi) || || Audio || *X-VirtualInstrument || A virtual or software instrument (synthesiser/sampler). An application that outputs audio when receiving data control messages (usually midi). || || Audio || Player || Application to play audio files || || Audio || Sequencer || Application that can record, edit, or play back audio using note and performance information (typically midi but also audio in the case of a DAW) || || Audio || AudioVideoEditing || Application to edit audio/video files || || AudioVideo || DiscBurning || Application to burn a disc || || Audio || *X-Processing || Application or plugin to process audio signals (effects/signal processing/mastering) || |
= Audio Category = |
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| <<BR>> '''Graphics Workflow:''' || '''Main Category''' || '''Additional Category''' || '''Description''' || || Graphics || 2DGraphics || 2D based graphical application || || Graphics || VectorGraphics || Application for viewing, creating, or processing vector graphics || || Graphics || RasterGraphics || Application for viewing, creating, or processing raster (bitmap) graphics || || Graphics || 3DGraphics || Application or viewing, creating, or processing 3-D graphics || || Graphics || Viewer || Tool to view e.g. a graphic or pdf file || || Graphics || *X-Typography || Tools to work with typefaces and fonts || |
In the freedesktop category standard, it is stated that any desktop file with the category Audio must also include the category AudioVideo. |
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| <<BR>> | Some of these are duplicates of what exist in the Video category. What separates them should be that something that is strictly Audio should also have the AudioVideo category, but not have the Video category, and vice versa. |
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| Video Workflow: | || '''Additional Category''' || '''Description''' || '''Subcategory to''' || || Midi || An app related to MIDI || AudioVideo;Audio || || Mixer || Just a mixer || AudioVideo;Audio || || Sequencer || A sequencer || AudioVideo;Audio || || Tuner || A tuner || AudioVideo;Audio || May be both audio and video || || AudioVideoEditing || Application to edit audio/video files || Audio or Video or AudioVideo || || Player || Application to play audio/video files || Audio or Video or AudioVideo || || Recorder || Application to record audio/video files || Audio or Video or AudioVideo || |
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| || '''Main Category''' || '''Additional Category''' || '''Description''' || || Video || AudioVideoEditing || Application to edit audio/Video files || || Video || Player || Application to play audio files || || Video || Recorder || Application to record audio/Video files || <<BR>> |
= Graphics Category = |
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| Photography Workflow: || '''Main Category''' || '''Additional Category''' || '''Description''' || || Photography || FileTools || File tool utility || || Photography || ImageProcessing || Image Processing software|| <<BR>> |
|| '''Additional Category''' || '''Description''' || '''Subcategory to''' || || 2DGraphics || 2D based graphical application || Graphics || || VectorGraphics || Application for viewing, creating, or processing vector graphics || Graphics;2DGraphics || || RasterGraphics || Application for viewing, creating, or processing raster (bitmap) graphics || Graphics;2DGraphics || || 3DGraphics || Application for viewing, creating, or processing 3-D graphics || Graphics || || Scanning || Tool to scan a file/text || Graphics || || OCR || Optical character recognition application || Graphics;Scanning || || Photography || Camera tools, etc. || Graphics or Office || || Publishing || Desktop Publishing applications and Color Management tools || Graphics or Office || || Viewer || Tool to view e.g. a graphic or pdf file || Graphics or Office || |
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| Publishing Workflow: || '''Main Category''' || '''Additional Category''' || '''Description''' || || Publishing || DiscBurning || Application to burn a disc || || Publishing || Archiving || A tool to archive/backup data || || Publishing || Printing || A tool to manage printers || |
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| <<BR>> | In the freedesktop category standard, it is stated that any desktop file with the category Video must also include the category AudioVideo. Some of these are duplicates of what exist in the Audio category. What separates them should be that something that is strictly Video should have the AudioVideo category, but not have the Audio category, and vice versa. || '''Additional Category''' || '''Description''' || '''Subcategory to''' || || TV || A TV application || AudioVideo;Video || || AudioVideoEditing || Application to edit audio/video files || Audio or Video or AudioVideo || || Player || Application to play audio/video files || Audio or Video or AudioVideo || || Recorder || Application to record audio/video files || Audio or Video or AudioVideo || = Categories that do not fit the standard = Categories below are categories that Ubuntu Studio feels are misplaced. || '''Additional Category''' || '''Description''' || '''Subcategory to''' || Information || || DiscBurning || Application to burn a disc || AudioVideo || Not a multimedia type of application at all, but a utility. || |
Freedesktop Categories
One of the main features of Ubuntu Studio is how we categorize software. Currently (2013) we are doing this in a custom fashion in our XFCE menu, but that doesn't help the rest of the Linux multimedia community, as not everyone are on XFCE, or even on Ubuntu. So, the answer to that problem is that we work on creating new standards for multimedia specific categories in the freedesktop registered categories http://standards.freedesktop.org/menu-spec/latest/apa.html.
The following tables show the Freedesktop Categories that fit with the Ubuntu Studio workflow categories, and also contain a little description to help categorise the Ubuntu Studio default applications. As the categories listed in a ".desktop" file determine the menu the application is desplayed in, the number of Additional Categories for an application needs to be limited to prevent the same application appearing in many menus.
Audio Category
In the freedesktop category standard, it is stated that any desktop file with the category Audio must also include the category AudioVideo.
Some of these are duplicates of what exist in the Video category. What separates them should be that something that is strictly Audio should also have the AudioVideo category, but not have the Video category, and vice versa.
Additional Category |
Description |
Subcategory to |
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Midi |
An app related to MIDI |
AudioVideo;Audio |
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Mixer |
Just a mixer |
AudioVideo;Audio |
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Sequencer |
A sequencer |
AudioVideo;Audio |
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Tuner |
A tuner |
AudioVideo;Audio |
May be both audio and video |
Application to edit audio/video files |
Audio or Video or AudioVideo |
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Player |
Application to play audio/video files |
Audio or Video or AudioVideo |
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Recorder |
Application to record audio/video files |
Audio or Video or AudioVideo |
Graphics Category
Additional Category |
Description |
Subcategory to |
2DGraphics |
2D based graphical application |
Graphics |
Application for viewing, creating, or processing vector graphics |
Graphics;2DGraphics |
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Application for viewing, creating, or processing raster (bitmap) graphics |
Graphics;2DGraphics |
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3DGraphics |
Application for viewing, creating, or processing 3-D graphics |
Graphics |
Scanning |
Tool to scan a file/text |
Graphics |
OCR |
Optical character recognition application |
Graphics;Scanning |
Photography |
Camera tools, etc. |
Graphics or Office |
Publishing |
Desktop Publishing applications and Color Management tools |
Graphics or Office |
Viewer |
Tool to view e.g. a graphic or pdf file |
Graphics or Office |
Video Category
In the freedesktop category standard, it is stated that any desktop file with the category Video must also include the category AudioVideo.
Some of these are duplicates of what exist in the Audio category. What separates them should be that something that is strictly Video should have the AudioVideo category, but not have the Audio category, and vice versa.
Additional Category |
Description |
Subcategory to |
TV |
A TV application |
AudioVideo;Video |
Application to edit audio/video files |
Audio or Video or AudioVideo |
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Player |
Application to play audio/video files |
Audio or Video or AudioVideo |
Recorder |
Application to record audio/video files |
Audio or Video or AudioVideo |
Categories that do not fit the standard
Categories below are categories that Ubuntu Studio feels are misplaced.
Additional Category |
Description |
Subcategory to |
Information |
Application to burn a disc |
Not a multimedia type of application at all, but a utility. |
Categories that are not reserved by Freedesktop
These categories do not exist in the list of standard Freedesktop categories, but could be used by Ubuntu Studio as a category extension (with an "X-" prefix):
Audio - X-VirtualInstrument
- Audio - X-Processing
- Graphics - X-Typography
UbuntuStudio/FreedesktopCategories (last edited 2015-06-27 12:07:46 by h-141-65)