ManYue: Check ComicInfo fields separately from names and content

ComicInfo.xml may provide bibliographic metadata, without proving agreement with body content or reader consumption of every field. Compare metadata, filename, cover and reading separately. This audits identity rather than auxiliary-file cleanup and requires no app-database edits. Use an authorized small sample and retain the original.

Confirm the metadata file and location read-only

Inspect a small CBZ with an existing trusted tool and record the actual XML path, archive, source and tool version. Identify multiple copies separately rather than letting the first represent the whole book. Delete nothing or repack first. No XML found does not establish damage or a requirement to add one. Read authorized ordinary text without executing links or scripts or uploading the comic to an unfamiliar parser. Establish scope before interpreting fields.

Interpret each field’s distinct object

Under the maintained schema, Title names the book, Series its series, Number its series number and Count total books in the series, not image pages. Preserve four raw values, marking absence rather than filling zero. Number may be text; retain specials or decimal-like wording instead of forcing an integer. Volume has its own contextual semantics and is not automatically every publishing tradition’s volume number. This exercise limits itself to four fields, not universal equivalence across metadata standards.

Separate series count from current pages with a sample

Invent Series Paper-Hat Journey, Title Leaving After Rain, Number two, Count five, with six body pages. Series number two, stated series total five and six images do not conflict. Label the invented metadata rather than attributing it to a publication. Documentation allows Count to differ between books, so investigate provenance and entry time for a later increase instead of alleging falsification. Missing Count cannot be supplied from three visible library items; catalogue visibility and complete series scope differ.

Preserve filename, cover and XML separately

Keep filename claim, cover wording, XML values and body clues in four columns. Filename volume three versus Number two is a discrepancy to record, not resolve by modification time. A cover may advertise a collection and body may include a special; check title and closing notes rather than matching a character image. Manual short notes suffice without XML search in ManYue. Attribute every clue and place proposed corrections separately, preserving original conflicting values.

Treat displayed app values as another observation

Import normally, recording app version, local title and chapters, then verify first/middle/final content identity. A title differing from Title does not alone establish lost data: another naming source or unused field remains possible. Metadata presence does not promise interface display, and matching display does not prove XML provenance. No full ComicInfo import, synchronization or export guarantee is made. Do not force mapping through database edits; preserve display separately from raw metadata.

Edit metadata only in a self-owned copy

For your own archive with documented corrections, save an external copy and change only confirmed fields, logging old/new values and evidence while retaining image paths. Respect XML structure and escaping rather than global word replacement. Without a familiar tool, keep an external register instead. Check readable XML, unchanged body count and endpoints before separate import. Unchanged display does not justify blindly editing every field to force a title. Preserve originals and previous records.

Locate the layer of corruption or disagreement

For garbled XML with readable pages, inspect text encoding and external tool rather than declaring damaged images. For clear fields but conflicting cover, check edition and provenance, not Count-as-pages. Preserve paths and scopes of conflicting metadata files instead of synthesizing an unverified record. Report display issues with an authorized self-made six-page sample and short sanitized XML. Mark unchecked fields unchecked; a schema definition does not certify this file’s accuracy.

Recheck the identity chain after returning

Leave the reader and return to title and ending anchors, explaining series, title, number two, five books and six pages separately. Preserve raw fields, four evidence columns, app display and revision scope, with the original archive independently kept. Reopen saved notes to ensure field names and numbers remain aligned. Completion explains each quantity and unresolved provenance rather than making XML absolute authority or claiming matching metadata proves matching body content.

Related guides and sources

ManYue archive companion-file audit: distinguish pages, notes and system helpers; ManYue edition comparison: distinguish monochrome, colour and revised copies.

Checked on November 9, 2026: Apple public version information lists ManYue 2.0.4, requiring iOS / iPadOS 15.0 or later. Feature scope follows the official App Store description and the installed version. This article provides reading and checking methods you can perform; it does not claim step-by-step physical-device or private-server testing. Manual records, external tools and actually visible controls are identified separately, and personal analysis or code observations are not presented as verified automatic capabilities.

For the concept or external-tool scope, see Anansi Project: ComicInfo schema documentation. Samples, checking sequences and observation records here are original reading exercises. External references establish no new automatic recognition, editing or inference in the app and do not replace checking the actual file or passage.