[Digikam-users] digikam does not read all xmp metadata

[Jan Köster]

Am Montag, den 11.06.2012, 17:43 +0200 schrieb Marie-Noëlle Augendre:
> XMP sidecar files are specific to each application. There is no way
> one can read the .xmp file written by another program.
> 
> Marie-Noëlle

Well yes. But as far as I've understood that's the reason why there are
namespaces. And Bibble5, Corel Aftershot, Adobe Lightroom and Adobe
Bridge can understand these files. I'm not talking about information on
editing. It's totally clear that this will not work. But it should be
possible to read keywords, shouldn't it?

> 
> 2012/6/11 Jan Köster <koester_jan at gmx.net>
>         Hi all,
>         
>         I've just tried digikam 2.6.0 and wanted to know if it can
>         read
>         xmp-metadata. Unfortunatly it only works partly.
>         Metadata in the exif, dc and iptc format are read (like GPS,
>         IPTC-Location, description etc.)
>         Metadata in the xmp and lightroom namespace are not read, like
>         rating
>         and - most important-  keywords (hierachicalSubject).
>         I've ticked the "read sidecar' in the settings. Is there
>         anything else I
>         have to do to be able to access my metadata from other
>         applications
>         (stored in xmp-sidecar files) or is this a bug?
>         
>         Thanks for your help!
>         
>         Jan
>         
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