[Digikam-devel] Tagging implementation

harsh agrawal dexter.1691 at gmail.com
Wed Mar 28 13:03:25 BST 2012


Hi Chris.

I just wanted to know as to what do you plan to do. I am not experienced
with the tagging feature, I am applying for face tagging in GSOC and
thought if your idea is somehow related to facetagging(face recognition) in
digikam.

Thanks for explaining what you intend to do.

Harsh

On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 2:49 PM, Christian Reiner <
foss at christian-reiner.info> wrote:

> >> >> Hello,
> >> >> I would like to discuss an idea of mine with someone who knows
> details
> >> >> about the implementation of 'tagging' in digikam.
>
> >> > Marcel Wiesweg wrote:
> >> > Which level - database, backend, multi-thread implementation, UI?
>
> >> Um, good question...
> >> I am not interested in storage, but in selection of tags. Selection in
> >> both directions: when setting tags and when selecting (filtering) by
> >> tags. So that certainly means UI. And, frankly, I have no idea when
> >> multi-thread implementation means in this case :-)
> >> You worked on that stuff ?
>
> > harsh agrawal wrote:
> > Is it just the face-tagging, or tagging in general??
>
> My interest is about tagging in general. A new form of tagging.
> I love the way tagging is implemented in digikam. It appears to be a very
> good balance between a simple and straight forward usage on the one hand
> and
> impressive features on the other hand. It appears to be really stable and
> usable, if you keep in mind two or three aspects.
> In digikam I learned about how mighty searching by tags can be, if you have
> a good structure and selection of tags. And I also learned about the
> principal problems of the way tags are used here. I thought on and
> abviously
> found that these are the same problems all systems face when using tags in
> a
> non-trivial manner.
>
> My idea might be a way to solve those typical problems and pick up two
> other
> advantages in the road. I would like to implement a prototype of that
> strategy I have in mind. But that does not make sense in an isolated way.
> The idea can only work if it is shared between a few software projects and
> if it gains users, since it involves collaboration.
>
> I did not yet write things down. I somehow feel it would make more sense to
> discuss the concepts with people having toyed with tagging a lot more than
> me. The ideal candidate would have experience in the implementation, nut
> not
> focused on a certain area. So the words are "tagging in general", "the
> priciples of tagging", "tagging reloaded", "tagging on steroids", ...
>
> Maybe we could have a discussion about that stuff on irc. And if I don't
> get
> any serious counter-argument I really would like to have a meeting in
> Tallin
> on Akademy 2012.
>
> --
> arkascha
> [ foss at christian-reiner.info ]
>
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