[Digikam-users] digikam missing in IPTC software-list

[Caulier Gilles]

Le lundi 12 février 2007 08:46, Daniel Bauer a écrit :
> Hi everybody
>
> In a small article in "visuell" (by www.piag.de) about Metadata topics I
> found the the URL
>
> http://www.iptc.org/photometadata/softwaresupportlist1.php
>
> (list of Software supporting IPTC photo metadata standards IIM and "IPTC
> Core") and saw that digiKam is not listed there. It should be, don't you
> think?

sure (:=)))...

>
> In that article ITPC Managing Director Michael Steidl said, the list is
> made with the details given from the software producers and that makers of
> software not listed yet shall please send a short message to him:
>
> office - at - iptc.org
>
> to get a link to a web form, where you can enter the details.
>
> ... and a bit off topic (from the same magazine) some maybe interesting
> numbers:
>
> BVPA (Bundesverband der Pressebild-Agenturen und Bildarchive e.V.) has made
> a study about the picture market in Germany 2005. According to this:
>
> - 78% of all photos are delivered digitally to the photo agencies, only 22%
> analog
> - the labelling and indexing/keywording of the images is done by: 78% by
> the agency, 20% by the photographer, 2% by external services
> - 89% of all photos have neither been edited  nor changed or have been just
> retouched and colour corrected. 11% of the photos were "heavily
> manipulated" or created electronically.

Very instructive...

Gilles