1 Dec 2005 13:44
using libiptcdata library to support IPTC metadata in libkexif...
Hi all, I have found this library on SF.net area : http://libiptcdata.sourceforge.net/ This one : - have an implementation witch have been based on libexif library, and use a similar syntax. It's will be easy to add IPTC method using current libkexif implementation. - Support i18n like libexif (currently unsupported by exiv2 library http://home.arcor.de/ahuggel/exiv2 ). - Is an active project. - is in GPL. I think that IPTC meta-data are importants for photograph, and we need to find a solution for next digiKam release Questions : --> this library is available on major linux dist ? --> anybody is interressed to help to add iptc metada support on libkexif ? Your viewpoints welcome... -- -- Gilles Caulier
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To answer Marc Cramdal I agree that interoperability with Picasa would
be nice, but be aware that Picasa has problems with its own comments:
when modifying several times, they are not found in the IPTC fields any
more (!!?). Although this might just be a bug that will be fixed in
future releases.
An other good reason would be interoperability with some hand-written
scripts that would comment more or less automatically a bunch of pictures.
I like the fact that for music tags (Flac or Ogg or Mp3) you can work
on them at a script level and still they are recognized by nice GUIs.
At last, note that I would like IPTC (or XMP) to be the primary storage
but the tool's database could also be a cache of this data, just for
performance reasons (if needed! I have no idea..).
Anyway, keep up the good work! Digikam is a fantastic application! I really
think it could become one of the cornerstones of Linux as a "digital hub"
as Steve Jobs says, in par with Firefox, Gimp, Gaim, etc.
Cheers,
Christophe.

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