This raises a question I have had about the ID3v2 tagging for MP3 files, namely, who was it decided which categories to include in the drop-down menu for GENRE of the sound file?

The options included are:

Acapella
Acid
Acid Jazz
Acid Punk
Acoustic
Alternative
Alternative Rock
Ambient
Avantgarde
Ballad
Bass
Bebop
Big Band
Bluegrass
Blues
Booty Bass
Cabaret
Celtic
Chamber Music
Chanson
Chorus
Christian Rap
Classic Rock
Classical
Club
Comedy
Country
Cult
Dance
Dance Hall
Darkwave
Death Metal
Disco
Dream
Drum Solo
Duet
Easy Listening
Electronic
Ethnic
Euro Dance
Euro House
Euro Techno
Fast Fusion
Folk
Folk Rock
Folklore
Freestyle
Funk
Fusion
Game
Gangsta
Gospel
Gothic
Gothic Rock
Grunge
Hard Rock
Hip Hop
House
Humour
Industrial
Instrumental
Instrumental Pop
Instrumental Rock
Jazz
Jazz Funk
Jungle
Latin
Lo Fi
Meditative
Metal
Musical
National Rock
Native American
New Age
New Wave
Noise
Oldies
Opera
Other
Polka
Pop
Pop Folk
Pop Funk
Porn Groove
Power Ballad
Pranks
Primus
Progressive Rock
Psychadelic
Psychedelic Rock
Punk
Punk Rock   
Rap
Rave
Reggae
Retro
Revival
Rhythmic Soul
RnB
Rock
Rock & Roll
Samba
Satire
Showtunes
Ska
Slow Jam
Slow Rock
Sonata
Soul
Sound Clip
Sound Track
Southern Rock
Space
Speech
Swing
Symphonic Rock
Symphony
Tango
Techno
Techno Industrial
Top 40
Trailer
Trance
Tribal
Trip Hop
Vocal


I think, personally, there are a few missing there, like Traditional or Fiddle Tune or Salsa or Country Blues or Dixieland or Cajun or Zydeco, etc.

And I wonder at the inclusion of some of those... is there a difference between Punk and Punk Rock? What the hell is Trip Hip? Would Toby Keith be considered "Trailer"? How many people need separate categories for Euro Dance, Euro House and Euro Techno? I can't even think of a separate example of each. Acid Rock, I know what that is, but there's no listed category of that, though there is Acid, Acid Jazz and Acid Punk...

Now I know that you can type any category you want to into the field (and I have seen some doozies), but I wonder at the default choices offered by the ID3 tag designers. Did they ask for suggestions from the public at large at one time? How did I miss that?