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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I think the intent is not to import the heirarchy but to import a file that has an image file name and it's associated tags.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I used to use Cumulus which went out of business. I've got a background personal project to write a Python project that imports such a CSV file and writes the exif data to the files which digiKam would then automatically read to update it's database. I've confirmed my approach works but haven't finished pulling together the complete program.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Mark Anderson</div><div><br></div>
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On Monday, November 17, 2025 at 03:14:59 PM EST, Maik Qualmann <metzpinguin@gmail.com> wrote:
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<div><div dir="ltr">digiKam-8.8.0 can import tags from a text file in the Controlled Vocabulary <br clear="none">Keyword Catalogue format. This is a text file with tags on each line; hierarchy <br clear="none">is achieved using tabs.<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="https://www.digikam.org/news/2025-10-19-8.8.0_release_announcement/#tag-management" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.digikam.org/news/2025-10-19-8.8.0_release_announcement/#tag-management</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none">Maik<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Am Montag, 17. November 2025, 20:59:14 Mitteleuropäische Normalzeit schrieb <br clear="none">thomas.weg@abwesend.de:<div class="ydp781c96c6yqt5928347615" id="ydp781c96c6yqtfd96533"><br clear="none">> Good evening,<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> I have a database from another program for tagging. Unfortunately, the<br clear="none">> program is not running anymore but I have full access to the sqlite<br clear="none">> database. What is the best way to import these tags into digikam?<br clear="none">> Identification can be done via the file name, as this is unique. Not every<br clear="none">> picture is already in digikam - Is there a way to import csv files for this<br clear="none">> case?<br clear="none">> - Should the tags be written directly into the Digikam database? What needs<br clear="none">> to be considered here, i.e., what dependencies need to be taken into<br clear="none">> account sending direct sql commands? - Should I create xmp files from the<br clear="none">> old database and then import them with a dummy picture? <br clear="none">> Best regards,<br clear="none">> Thomas<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div></div></div>
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