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Hi all
I have been
playing with Digikam for the last year, have contributed a small patch
(and another to exiv2), and just noticed the GSOC Metadata Hub project. https://community.kde.org/GSoC/2015/Ideas#digiKamAs
metadata is dear to my heart, I thought I would throw out a few
thoughts on the subject. Unfortunately, my limited programming skills
and other life projects keep me from taking on the entire project
myself!
Currently, metadata/captions/tags
can be seen and/or added and/or edited in a variety of places in
Digikam. The data is labelled under different terms depending on which
view or editor one is looking at. One can view and/or edit EXIF,
Makernote, IPTC, XMP, Description, Tags, Information, Edit EXIF, Edit
IPTC, Edit XMP. Sometimes one can simply view the data, sometimes one
can directly edit the data, sometimes one can modify the data using a
template. Sometimes one can inadvertently lose information. I would like to propose 2 ideas. 1)
That all these views, functions, and editors be merged into one.
Default is view only, with buttons to edit and to apply templates.
Default would be to show and edit the most common fields, with an
advanced option for specialized and hardcore technical users. 2) Instead of tabs with technical labels, just group the fields under productive headings: When / Where / What Fields
are then labelled and grouped in a friendly and standard way, with
Digikam taking care of the technical mapping details in the background,
using industry standard guidelines. And, of course, an advanced,
technical option for those users who need and love to get their hands
dirty. What do you think? _______________________________________________
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