[Digikam-users] Import from iPhoto 9.5, XMP sidecar format

[Alan Pater]

I haven't seen a full sample XMP file, but if you are comfortable
reading code, the tags and properties that digikam imports are in

https://projects.kde.org/projects/extragear/graphics/digikam/repository/revisions/master/entry/libs/dmetadata/dmetadata.cpp

I suspect you are covered for "caption, description/comment, ratings,
faces (rectangles, IDs and names), GPS location data + names. Not so
sure for image versions and "hidden" "flagged" attributes.


If you could share an exported XMP file from iPhoto?

On Sun, Aug 23, 2015 at 8:32 AM, Jens Benecke
<jens-digikam at spamfreemail.de> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> thank you! I browsed through the documentation but the number of specific
> examples is very low (i.e. zero).
> Is there an example XMP sidecar file that
>
> - Digikam can fully import,
> - contains image versions, caption, description/comment, ratings, "hidden"
> and "flagged" attributes, faces (rectangles, IDs and names), GPS location
> data + names and so on?
>
> Is there any property that Digikam supports which can NOT be imported using
> sidecar files?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Jens Benecke
>
>
>
> Am 19.08.2015 um 16:53 schrieb Alan Pater:
>>
>> I can't claim a lot of expertise, but perhaps xmpMM DerivedFrom might
>> be what you are looking for. However, I am not sure what digikam uses
>> for image history.
>>
>>
>> http://wwwimages.adobe.com/content/dam/Adobe/en/devnet/xmp/pdfs/XMP%20SDK%20Release%20cc-2014-12/XMPSpecificationPart2.pdf#G4.1133171
>>
>>
>> http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/TagNames/XMP.html#xmpMM
>>
>> For your Face rectangles, the MWG Region properties are used by digikam.
>>
>>         http://www.metadataworkinggroup.org/pdf/mwg_guidance.pdf#page=51
>>
>>
>> http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/TagNames/MWG.html#Regions
>>
>> Hopefully this is a bit of help on getting the conversion further along.
>>
>> Cheers!
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 4:24 PM, Jens Benecke
>> <jens-digikam at spamfreemail.de> wrote:
>>
>>> - Import modified photos as a second version of the original
>>>    ... how do I specify within the XMP sidecar that an image is a second
>>> version of another image?
>>> - Face rectangles within images
>>
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