<p>Dear all,</p>
<p>I'm starting to get more serious about tagging/keywording my photos,<br>
and that's why I'm trying to get set up with Digikam again.</p>
<p>One thing that I'm looking into a little more is proper keywording<br>
using a controlled vocabulary (see<br>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controlled_vocabulary">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controlled_vocabulary</a>) to make sure that<br>
I use keywords that might help me sell photos at a later date (I<br>
wish!!) - or at least allow me to find them more easily later on. The<br>
point is that a controlled vocabulary would ensure that more people<br>
use the correct/same terminology to define ideas and allow easier<br>
searching at a later date. I understand that many picture libraries<br>
and stock agencies prefer it.</p>
<p>Anyway, it's an idea - and I'd like to know how to go about it.</p>
<p>Please can anyone tell me:</p>
<p>1. Are there Controlled Vocabularies available and specifically for Digikam?<br>
2. Is there a repository somewhere, where I can find Open Sourced<br>
controlled vocabularies that could be imported into Digikam?<br>
3. What format would a tagging/keywording structure take in terms of<br>
an import file? Supposing I could get a list somewhere - are there<br>
tools I can find for turning these into the correct structure for<br>
import to Digikam?<br>
4. Digikam's tag structure seems to be completely empty when opened<br>
for first use - does anyone think that there should be an option for<br>
using a 'standardised' simplified structure, or choice of tag<br>
structures / vocabularies that could then be more easily populated by<br>
the user (a starter tag-set to get people going)?</p>
<p>I might envisage Digikam starting up the first time with a set of<br>
pre-loaded Controlled Vocabulary libraries that you could choose from<br>
if you wanted - from a generic simple starter-set through to more<br>
complicated libraries that contain Flora and Fauna taxonomies etc etc.<br>
Then you would just go into 'tags' or whatever and tick the boxes<br>
next to each "tag library" to have them toggled on or off and placed<br>
into your own tag structure. Or just create your own from scratch -<br>
as it seems to be currently set up. Or even better, choose to toggle<br>
on some more structured vocabulary library, but also then add in your<br>
own tags as you want or need them.</p>
<p>Is there anyone else generally interested in this, either specifically<br>
for Digikam or generally in the Open Source world?</p>
<p>Obviously, I've used my friend Google - but can't seem to turn up<br>
anything quickly...</p>
<p>Comments and help from other users would be very welcome.</p>
<p>Many thanks,</p>
<p>Mark.<br>
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