Re: [gthumb-list] Tags and xmp.iptc.Keywords

[Stefan Brandl <stefan brandl eu>]

On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 10:06:41AM +0200, Paolo Bacchilega wrote:
> Il 25/10/2011 04:17, Mathieu ha scritto:
> > Dear gthumb developers,
> >
> > Using tags in gthumb [1], I realise that they are associated to both
> > IPTC and XMP, which is quite cool! If I understand correctly, gthumb
> > uses exiv2 to do so. However, the tags are associated to:
> >
> > - Iptc.Application2.Keywords: seems OK to me
> > - Xmp.iptc.Keywords: to me, does not seem to exist...
> >
> > See: http://www.exiv2.org/tags-xmp-iptc.html
> >
> > I believe that it should be Xmp.dc.subject instead
> >
> > See: http://www.exiv2.org/tags-xmp-dc.html
> >
> > See also the technical specifications of the Metadata Working Group (MWG):
> >
> > http://www.metadataworkinggroup.org/pdf/mwg_guidance.pdf
> >
> > "Guidance: IPTC Keywords is mapped to XMP (dc:subject)."
> >
> > I really like that gthumbs is able to read and most importantly write
> > IPTC/XMP tags, so please keep up the good work!
> >
> > Best,
> > Mathieu.
>
> You are probably right, thanks for pointing this out.

Yes, I alos think Mathieu is right.
It also would be cool to get hierarchical keywords
like in Shotwell or XnViewMP.


Stefan