[Digikam-users] Controlled vocabulary

[Mark Hayes (Hotmail)]

Dear all,

I'm starting to get more serious about tagging/keywording my photos,
and that's why I'm trying to get set up with Digikam again.

One thing that I'm looking into a little more is proper keywording
using a controlled vocabulary (see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controlled_vocabulary) to make sure that
I use keywords that might help me sell photos at a later date (I
wish!!) - or at least allow me to find them more easily later on.  The
point is that a controlled vocabulary would ensure that more people
use the correct/same terminology to define ideas and allow easier
searching at a later date.  I understand that many picture libraries
and stock agencies prefer it.

Anyway, it's an idea - and I'd like to know how to go about it.

Please can anyone tell me:

1.  Are there Controlled Vocabularies available and specifically for
Digikam?
2.  Is there a repository somewhere, where I can find Open Sourced
controlled vocabularies that could be imported into Digikam?
3.  What format would a tagging/keywording structure take in terms of
an import file?  Supposing I could get a list somewhere - are there
tools I can find for turning these into the correct structure for
import to Digikam?
4.  Digikam's tag structure seems to be completely empty when opened
for first use - does anyone think that there should be an option for
using a 'standardised' simplified structure, or choice of tag
structures / vocabularies that could then be more easily populated by
the user (a starter tag-set to get people going)?

I might envisage Digikam starting up the first time with a set of
pre-loaded Controlled Vocabulary libraries that you could choose from
if you wanted - from a generic simple starter-set through to more
complicated libraries that contain Flora and Fauna taxonomies etc etc.
 Then you would just go into 'tags' or whatever and tick the boxes
next to each "tag library" to have them toggled on or off and placed
into your own tag structure.  Or just create your own from scratch -
as it seems to be currently set up.  Or even better, choose to toggle
on some more structured vocabulary library, but also then add in your
own tags as you want or need them.

Is there anyone else generally interested in this, either specifically
for Digikam or generally in the Open Source world?

Obviously, I've used my friend Google - but can't seem to turn up
anything quickly...

Comments and help from other users would be very welcome.

Many thanks,

Mark.
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