not all fields are always written to XMP, sometimes just IPTC

[poikiloid]

it's strange: when I use digiWF (version 0.3.3 from launchpad PPA) to edit metadata, sometimes a field (maybe city, for example) will write to both IPTC and XMP formats, but other fields are only stored in the older IPTC format.

Isn't the IPTC standard becoming abandoned in favor of XMP? in which standard is digiWF intended to record metadata like photo origin sublocation, city, etc.; and...why is it being inconsistent?

I think the best option is that it records the information to the appropriate fields in BOTH IPTC and XMP standards at same time. but if only one can be done, isn't XMP better? Dublin core of XMP is open source, isn't it? I don't know if it includes all the needed fields. But even if we have to use proprietary adobe XMP fields, it is better to stay up with the changing standards, than using one that will be abandoned...

(note: I am checking the data storage format using the metadata viewers in both digiKam (Ubuntu) and Photoshop (OSX))

[Stefaan Vanderheyden (svd)]

Hi Poikloid,

I use Phil Harvey's exiftool to store the metadata.

I guess you have raised a bug that concerns his software rather than the DigiWf GUI.

I won't be making any changes to the code regarding this issue.

Thanks for using DigiWf and taking time to provide me with your feedback.

BR,

Stefaan

[poikiloid (efelthauser)]

Hi Stefaan,
I don't know...It seems if you're interested enough to make a tool, you'd be interested in what appears, to me at least, like inconsistency in the other tools you've made use of. Have you not observed this as well? If you are in contact with Phil, perhaps you'd like to mention it to him as a fellow developer. I have not and cannot use his software directly, so I don't think I can say anything about it to him, as I have no way of knowing if it's an artifact of implementing it in linux or something.
Anyway, thanks for your software.

[Stefaan Vanderheyden (svd)]

Lol - I can understand your frustration with the limitations of DigiWf.

I personally don't even use it anymore, because I have changed my workflow from JPG to RAW, and exiftool does not support writing metadata to my camera's raw format!

Anyway, I have received a few bug reports regarding DigiWf's performance under the latest Lucid Lynx release of Ubuntu, so I'll be reviewing the code anyway.
I might find the time to look for a better tool for writing the metadata.

In the meantime, it's all opensource, so feel free to delve into the code and see if it can be improved,

BR,

Stefaan

[poikiloid (efelthauser)]

Hi Stefaan,

Don't know if you'll be working on digiwf anymore. I was seeing if any new gui xmp tools are avail on linux now.
Came across this. Perhaps it is a backend that may work better than exiftool or not.

http://linux.die.net/man/1/exiv2

[Stefaan Vanderheyden (svd)]

Hi Poikiloid,

I'm no longer actively developing this tool. I wouldn't mind if somebody were to take over the project if it is still of use...

Thanks for your feedback in any case!

Stefaan