Alias name tags

Mick Sulley mick at sulley.info
Sat Jul 8 09:52:48 BST 2023


I define a People tag as the birth name e.g. Jane Smith, then define a 
sub tag of that as the married name, e.g. Jane Brown. That way if I 
select Jane Smith it shows all pictures, Jane Smith and Jane Brown, but 
if I select Jane Brown i just her after marriage.

Hope that helps

Mick

> In Digikam what is the best way to handle name tags for a person known 
> by more than one name, say a woman with her maiden/family name who 
> later marries and takes her husband's family name?
>
> With a series of photographs of a particular person over time, tagging 
> with a birth family name would be inaccurate for some later photos, 
> while using a married name inaccurate for the earlier ones.


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