[Digikam-devel] [Bug 267262] New: Digikam not compliant with "Metadata Working Group" specification when reading caption

[thdox at free.fr]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=267262

           Summary: Digikam not compliant with "Metadata Working Group"
                    specification when reading caption
           Product: digikam
           Version: 1.4.0
          Platform: Ubuntu Packages
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: Metadata
        AssignedTo: digikam-devel at kde.org
        ReportedBy: thdox at free.fr


Version:           1.4.0
OS:                Linux

Here is link to Metadata Working Group specification (=MWG)
http://www.metadataworkinggroup.org/pdf/mwg_guidance.pdf

1. Please start with a jpg image without comment in any metadata field.
2. On command line : exiftool -MWG:Description="Julie" image.jpg
3. The field EXIF:ImageDescription and XMP:Description have been written.
4. When image.jpg is opened in Digikam, the caption (in French "légende") is
empty. In section 3.1.3 "It (the consumer) MUST reconcile between different
forms of metadata in the image.", and in section 5.2, the listed tags are
Exif:ImageDescription IPTC:Caption XMP-dc:description[“x-default”].

Digikam MUST reconcile tags, and prefer EXIF value.


Reproducible: Didn't try

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Please start with a jpg image without comment in any metadata field.
2. On command line : exiftool -MWG:Description="Julie" image.jpg
3. The field EXIF:ImageDescription and XMP:Description have been written.


Actual Results:  
4. When image.jpg is opened in Digikam, the caption (in French "légende") is
empty. 

Expected Results:  
In section 3.1.3 "It (the consumer) MUST reconcile between different forms of
metadata in the image.", and in section 5.2, the listed tags are
Exif:ImageDescription IPTC:Caption XMP-dc:description[“x-default”].


Digikam MUST reconcile tags, and prefer EXIF value.

OS: Linux (x86_64) release 2.6.35-25-generic
Compiler: cc

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