[digiKam-users] DK inquiry

[digikam at 911networks.com]

On Wed, 20 Nov 2019 13:54:24 -0600 (CST)
woenx <marcpalaus at hotmail.com> wrote:

> By "the stuff" I guess you mean the metadata. And by the "XMPs" I
> guess you mean sidecar files.

Thanks for correcting my English. English not my first, nor second
language...

Yes, I mean sidecars with the XMP data like tags and descriptions.
The EXIF data is already in the raw file.

> 
> If you don't use XMP sidecars, the metadata will either be saved
> within each picture file, or not saved at all (depending on your
> digikam settings).

* Are the XMP sidecars "standard" (whatever standard means, I'm not
  sure)?
* Do all imaging software read the XMP sidecars?
* Can they all read the tags and the descriptions  from the XMP
  sidecars?

> 
> Saving metadata to the image is slower, since the whole file has to
> be read and written, and each write operation entails a risk of
> corrupting the picture file (although that has never happened to
> me). Also, there's the risk of overwritting existing metadata if
> you are not careful. Using XMP sidecars leaves the image intact,
> and it is much faster since it's only a few Kilobytes that have to
> be read/written for each picture.
> 
> The dowside of using XMP sidecars is that picture folders get
> crowded with these small files, and some people can find that
> annoying. Some picture software might not be compatible with
> sidecars, so they will read the metadata from the picture only,
> which might contain conflicting information. Also, if you share
> these picture files without the sidecars, the other person won't
> have all the metadata.
> 
> And if you use neither... well, the day you want to use any
> software other than digikam, all changes would be lost and you
> would need to tag everything again.
> 
> 
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