[Digikam-users] Some matters with metadata edit

[Gilles Caulier]

2009/2/2 Photonoxx <smtp.no at laposte.net>

>
> Le Mon, 02 Feb 2009 12:13:01 +0100, Gilles Caulier
> <caulier.gilles at gmail.com> a écrit:
>
> > 2009/2/2 Photonoxx <smtp.no at laposte.net>
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I use Digikam 0.10 rc2 (rev 916863), and I notice some matters when I
> >> edit
> >> metadata on my RAW files (but i should probably be the same thing with
> >> Jpeg.
> >>
> >>
> >> The first thing, is if I check the option for write the default identity
> >> item as tag, if the named tag already exist, it will be overwritten...
> >> Is
> >> there a way to avoid this ?
> >>
> >
> > no. a file already exist in bugzilla to add photographers list
> > management in
> > digiKam. It's not yet done.
>
> It's not specificly to manage Photographer list, but I import my photo
>  from memory card to harddisk with exiftool which already add some info
> about my identy. I want to say it, may be, will be great that Digikam
> don't overwrite a tag (author, copyrights, etc...) if this one already
> exist, except if it's expressively asked.
>
>
> >> A second notice is that when I check a tag in the "caption/tag" tab in
> >> the
> >> right panel and I apply it, Digikam write IPTC and XMP metadata in the
> >> RAW
> >> file, but, if I unchecked this tag afterall, the IPTC seems to be
> >> removed
> >
> >
> > You want mean the IPTC keyword tag is removed ?
>
> Yes, as I want. When you check a tag and apply it in Digikam, there's IPTC
> Keywords and XMP Subject added. But if I uncheck a tag, the XMP subject
> entry persist.


Well, it's not reproducible here. When i assign more than on tags to image,
2 entries are created/updated:

digiKam / Tags List ==> Full Tags Path (as Europe/City/Paris)
Dublin Core / Subject ==> Tags names (as Paris)

Gilles Caulier
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