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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Actually, I don't use XMP files.... my program /testing simply writes the tags directly to the EXIF of my JPG files. So I can't speak to creating / using XMP. My old tool maintained all image data in a proprietary database and did not touch the files whereas digiKam usese the data in the image files.</div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Hope that helps clarify my approach.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div>
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On Thursday, November 20, 2025 at 04:20:53 PM EST, thomas.weg@abwesend.de <thomas.weg@abwesend.de> wrote:
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<div><div id="ydp7e656c54yiv2323197331"><div><div style="font-family:'verdana';font-size:12px;color:#000;">Exactly. My intention was to import the tags of individual images rather than the tag overview. >From what you've said, I gather that creating XMP files from my options is the usual method. In that case, I'll probably write a small script to do this, particularly so that I can assign the XMP files to the correct folders and files. Thank you very much.</div>
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<div><strong>Gesendet: </strong>Donnerstag, 20. November 2025 um 01:23</div>
<div id="ydp7e656c54yiv2323197331yqt67945" class="ydp7e656c54yiv2323197331yqt9989425696"><div><strong>Von: </strong>Mark <wodenickel@aol.com></div>
<div><strong>An: </strong>"DigiKam - Home Manage Your Photographs As A. Professional With the Power of Open Source" <digikam-users@kde.org></div>
<div><strong>Betreff: </strong>Re: Import tags from a different database</div></div>
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<div>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>
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<div>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>
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<div class="ydp7e656c54yiv2323197331ydp781c96c6quoted-text-header">On Monday, November 17, 2025 at 03:14:59 PM EST, Maik Qualmann <metzpinguin@gmail.com> wrote:</div>
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<div>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 id="ydp7e656c54yiv2323197331ydp781c96c6yqtfd96533" class="ydp7e656c54yiv2323197331ydp781c96c6yqt5928347615"><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>
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