Re: [Tracker] Support for Extracting CC License Metadata

[jamie <jamiemcc blueyonder co uk>]

On Wed, 2007-03-21 at 16:22 -0700, Jason Kivlighn wrote:
> Hey Jamie,
>
> Thanks for the quick response.  I've really been looking into this
> project, and am now seriously looking into the specifics of a proposal
> writeup.  I feel like there's plenty to do regarding extracting license
> data from various formats, but one chunk of code I will be submitting is
> an XMP import.  Maybe I can do some work with XMP that'll help out with
> the XMP sidecar files.

That would be great!

> I've been trying to become somewhat familiar with the codebase.  Do you
> have any specifics for me?  Like what parts of the code should I be
> looking into?   Anything to help me lay out a roadmap would be excellent.

For trackerd:
index_file in tracker-db.c is probably what you are after - check to see
if there is a corresponding hidden ".xmp" for any file being indexed and
if so extract any metadata in it into the hashtable. 

For tracker-extract:
For extracting embedded xmp look at tracker-extract.c and add generic
XMP stuff there and then modify any of the extract related files to
include it where necessary


If you need any more help then just shout.

jamie.