[Digikam-users] digikam's "Settings, Configure, Identity" IPTC fields

[Arnd Baecker]

On Thu, 24 Jan 2008, elle stone wrote:

> elle stone wrote:
>
> > 2a. "Creator" and "Author" are "shared fields", meaning whatever is
> > entered into the one appears in the other, in the upcoming/developing
> > (Adobe-led) XMP standards.  Likewise "Author Title" and "Creator's Job
> > Title" are shared (these "shared fields" are a "backwards compatibility"
> > thing as XMP evolves to include more than IPTC and EXIF).  So if you work
> > for an organization, your job title goes here.  If you work for yourself
> > or take pictures as a passion rather than as a profession, I suppose
> > "Photographer" or "Starving Artist" might go here.
>
> In Digikam under the right sidebar "Metadata - IPTC" the terminology is
> "By-line" and "By-line Title", which is another "shared field" right along
> with "Creator" and "Author".  In Digikam, under "Settings, Configure
> digikam, Identity, Photographer Information" the terminology is "Author" and
> "Author Title".  What you enter under "Author" shows up under "By-line",
> which could be confusing, I suppose.
>
> Exiftool, which seems to be "the" way to access metadata if you find your
> metatdata "wants and needs" exceed your gui, uses "By-line" and "By-line
> Title" to access these two fields.  "By-line" seems to be the older
> terminology, harking back to the days of newspaper photos being sent over
> the wires.

Elle, what should be done with this text?
Do you suggest to add it to the documentation?

Best, Arnd