[Digikam-users] Questions about metadata and databases

[cl at isbd.net]

cl at isbd.net wrote:
> I want to be absolutely sure my metadata is always updated in the
> image files.  
> 
> So, if I go to:-
> 
>     Settings->Configure Digikam->Metadata
> 
> ... and tick all the boxes at the top ('Image Tags', 'Caption and
> Title', etc.) does this mean that Digikam always writes these to the
> image file?
> 
> What are the odd looking graphics next to the text "Write this
> Information to the Metadata"? On my systems there's a tiny blue circle
> with a very thin box next to it and, underneath that an even tinier
> blue spot and a line next to it.
> 
> Are the 'Read from Sidecar Files' and 'Write to Sidecar Files' in
> addition to writing to the image files or instead?  I.e. do I have to
> leave both of these boxes unticked if I want the data in the image
> files?
> 
> Finally, what format(s) does Digikam use to write the Metadata?  At
> the bottom of the Metadata settings it has links which describe EXIF,
> IPTC and XMP but it doesn't say which ones it uses.
> 
No one?

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Chris Green
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