[Digikam-users] Questions about metadata and databases

[Simon Cropper]

On 16/02/15 21:24, cl at isbd.net wrote:
> 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?
>

I worked out where stuff went by trial and error. Use exiftools 
(windows) or exiv2 (linux) to export data saved and inspect in a text 
editor.

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