Re: Import from disk and auto-tag

["Dotan Cohen" <dotancohen gmail com>]

On 24/06/06, Warren Baird <photogeekmtl gmail com> wrote:
> There's no mechanism to do this automatically - however, there are some
> patches for bug http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=342137 that
> will make this relatively easy --- the patch I submitted against the bug
> will take simple xmp-like "sidecar" files at import and create tags for
> them.
>
> Basically you need to write a script that creates for every file
> foo.jpg, a file called foo.jpg.xmp - the contents should look like this:
>
> <x:xmpmeta xmlns:x='adobe:ns:meta/' x:xmptk='XMP toolkit 3.0-28,
> framework 1.6'><rdf:RDF
> xmlns:rdf='http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#'
> xmlns:iX='http://ns.adobe.com/iX/1.0/'
> xmlns:dc='http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/'>
>    <rdf:Description>
>      <dc:subject>
>        <rdf:Bag>
>            <rdf:li>Tag 1</rdf:li>
>            <rdf:li>Tag 2</rdf:li>
>            <rdf:li>...</rdf:li>
>            <rdf:li>Tag N</rdf:li>
>        </rdf:Bag>
>      </dc:subject>
>    </rdf:Description>
> </rdf:RDF>
>
> Then with my patch, when you do the import, the tags will be created (if
> necessary), and attached to each photo appropriately.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Warren

Great work, Warren. Could you please explain the XML in a bit more
detail? Specifically, I'd need to add tags for Keywords, People,
Caption/Title, Description/Comments, and Places. Just as an example,
how would the XML appear for a photo with:
Keywords "key1" and "key2"
People "person1", "person2", "person3"
Caption "This is the Caption"
Description "A short description."
Place "place1"

If I can see that, then I'm pretty sure that I can figure out the
rest. Also, how do I patch F-spot? I am not a developer, and I've no
experience in the matter. Thank you.

Dotan Cohen