[Digikam-devel] What do we want to store in the database?

[Tibor Blenessy]

Marcel Wiesweg wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> It is a long-planned task for the next release to store more information than 
> currently in the database.
> We are currently collecting which fields exactly we want to add.
> 
> To qualify for inclusion, IMO a field should fulfill one of these two 
> criteria:
> - the field can be of interest in connection with the image it belongs to
> - searching for the field is a considerable feature
> AND this criterion:
> - the information is usually available for images in a common usage pattern of 
> digikam
> 
> Currently I have these fields on my list:
> 
> - comment
> - rating
> - creation date
> - modification date
> - size ( dimensions in pixels)
> - color depth (8, 16)
> - color model (RGB, CMYK, ...)
> 
> - make of the camera
> - model of the camera
> - aperture
> - focal length 
> - focalLength as for 35mm film
> - exposure time
> - exposureMode
> - exposureProgram
> - sensitivity
> - flash
> - whiteBalance
> - orientation
> 
> - GPS:
>  - latitude
>  - longitude
>  - altitude
> 
> - similarity searching with a Haar-like algorithm matrix
> 
> 
> Not included is compression, as no real information for this is availabe from 
> the low-level libs for most image formats (nothing for jpeg, nothing for png)
> 
> There was a discussion about multiple comments; what is the status about this?
> 
> Do we want to store make/model as strings for each entry, or use a dedicated 
> table "Cameras"?
> 
> If you have remarks and additions, now is the time!
> 
> Marcel

Hi,

I would like to have title of photo as special kind of short comment. 
Having multiple comments would be also nice.


Tibor Blenessy