Limitation on tag lenght

[Remco Viëtor]

On mardi 19 mars 2024 05:30:00 CET Milind Joshi wrote:
> Is there any limitation on the length of the tag in digiKam? I am using
> IPTC tags which are compatible with other programs like darktable, Gimp,
> IrfanView etc. One of the reasons I am not using the xmp tags is that
> IrfanView does not display the xmp information. I have noticed that some
> of the tags are truncated when they are written to tif files, hence
> would like to know the limit.
> 
> Also, does this limit apply to individual tags or to a tag and its sub tags?
EXIF and IPTC have limits on tag lenghts. I don't remember what they are, 
though (but a quick google should help there).

XMP has in theory no limits on tag lengths.