Re: [Tracker] Storing Metadata with files

[Nikolaus Rath <Nikolaus rath org>]

Philip Van Hoof <spam-+mS4aLmNmLKG5XvV6lv2jw public gmane org> writes:
> On Mon, 2010-05-17 at 15:19 -0400, Nikolaus Rath wrote:
> > Philip Van Hoof <spam-+mS4aLmNmLKG5XvV6lv2jw-XMD5yJDbdMReXY1tMh2IBg public gmane org> writes:
> > > On Mon, 2010-05-17 at 13:26 -0400, Nikolaus Rath wrote:
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > Is it possible to have tracker automatically read additional metadata
> > > > from a second file? For example, if tracker indexes testfile.odt, I want
> > > > it to automatically read metadata about testfile.odt from
> > > > testfile.odt.xml (or some other suitable format).
> > >
> > > The format for this is called XMP. You can store a so-called sidekick
> > > XMP file next to the file. Tracker will pick those up when done
> > > correctly.
> >
> > Ah, that sounds fantastic! I like that approach much better. I guess
> > that creating XMP fill will also be even easier than polling tracker
> > until it has indexed a new file and then inserting the metadata into
> > tracker.
>
> Tracker uses inotify, not polling, to know about file updates.

Yes, but I have to poll tracker to know when it has added the file to
its databases.


Best,

   -Nikolaus

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