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shotwell package

  1. Bug #579804
  2. Comment #35

Comment 35 for bug 579804

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Michael Convey (smconvey) wrote :

I'm just curious if this was fully implemented. I am currently using F-Spot mainly because it stores meta-data in the image files. According to the following article, there are three formats (Exif, IPTC, and XMP) for storing meta-data in the image file:

http://blogs.sitepoint.com/2006/08/24/open-source-image-archiving-exif-iptc-xmp-and-all-that/

According to the article XMP (standard BSD license) is the "holy grail" for storing meta-data in the image file.

Which of these formats does Shotwell support?

If XMP is supported, someone may want to update the following Wikipedia page to indicate that Shotwell is a supporting tool:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extensible_Metadata_Platform