Metadata
PDF files do not have a ComicInfo.xml, but they can have some limited metadata embedded in the file inside an <x:xmpmeta> tag, which can be edited with the calibre app or the ebook-meta command line tool shipped with calibre.
See the table below to know what tags Kavita reads from the PDF file
Conversion table
| In PDF | Is | Equivalent In Kavita |
|---|---|---|
dc:title (this can be overridden by calibre:series) | → | Chapter Title |
calibre:series | → | Name |
calibreSI:series_index | → | Volume |
calibre:rating | → | UserRating |
dc:description | → | Summary |
dc:publisher | → | Publisher |
Year, Month, Day | → | Release Date (Release Year for series) |
dc:creator | → | Writer |
dc:subject | → | Genres |
dc:language | → | Language (Kavita will only take the first) |
pdfx:isbn or prism:isbn | → | ISBN |