Metadaten und Bilddatenbanken

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Metadaten und Bilddatenbanken
Metadaten und Bilddatenbanken
oder
„ ...wie krieg ich Ordnung in den ganzen Scheiss?“
Dr. Martin Schulte-Kellinghaus
GBV - Braunfels
April 2010
IPTC-Daten digitaler Bilder (1)
Dateiformat:
###
.tif oder
EXIF
IPTC
###
.jpg
IPTC-Daten digitaler Bilder (2)
Wo?
Was?
Wann?
Anmerkung
IPTCDatenfeld
Anmerkung
Beispiel
City / Ort
Stadt des Fotos
Pamplona
Sublocation /
Motivort
genauere
Ortsbeschreibung
Cirauqui
Provinz/ State
Bundesland, Kanton,
Provinz, Departement, ...
Provinz Navarra
ISO-Ländercode
Ländercode mit 3
Buchstaben definiert
ESP
Country / Land
Ländername definiert
Spain
Wer Foto?
Wer Geld?
IPTC-Daten digitaler Bilder (3)
Wo?
IPTCDatenfeld
Anmerkung
Beispiel
Was?
Headline /
Überschrift
Kurzform der
Beschreibung
Jakobsweg bei Cirauqui
Wann?
Caption/ Abstract
ausführliche
Beschreibung
Pilger am frühen Morgen mit Blick
auf das Bergdorf Cirauqui .....
Stichworte /
Keywords
beliebige Stichworte
Europa Westeuropa Digital
Jakobsweg Landschaft Dorf Dörfer
Übersichtsaufnahme Übersicht
Südwesteuropa Feld Felder
Landwirtschaft Nordspanien Ort
Ortschaft Pilgerweg Personen People
Pilger pilgern wandern Glaube
Religion Christentum Weg Wege
Person Camino de Santiago
Category
mit 3 Buchstaben
definiert
von Agenturen verwendet
Supplemental
Category
beliebige Kategorien
Pilgern, Wandern, Sommer, Natur,
Landschaft, Jakobsweg, .....
Anmerkung
Wer Foto?
Wer Geld?
IPTC-Daten digitaler Bilder (4)
Wo?
Was?
Wann?
Anmerkung
Wer Foto?
Wer Geld?
IPTCDatenfeld
Anmerkung
Beispiel
Date created
aus EXIF
20080619
Time created
aus EXIF
072513
Unterschied Datum der Aufnahme und Datum der letzten
Bearbeitung
IPTC-Daten digitaler Bilder (5)
Wo?
IPTCDatenfeld
Anmerkung
Beispiel
Was?
Object name/
Dokumententitel
20070619_SP_NAV076
Wann?
unterschiedlich verwendet,
sinnvoll: ursprünglicher
Orginal-Dateiname
Source / Quelle
unterschiedlich verwendet,
sinnvoll: Kameratyp oder
Scannertyp
Canon EOS 5D
Anmerkung
Wer Foto?
Wer Geld?
IPTC-Daten digitaler Bilder (6)
Wo?
Was?
Wann?
Anmerkung
Wer Foto?
Wer Geld?
IPTCDatenfeld
Anmerkung
Beispiel
By-line / Autor
Name des Fotografen
Martin Schulte-Kellinghaus
By-line Title/
Autorentitel
Titel des Fotografen
Dr. , Freier Fotograph, DGPH
Writer/ Editor
für Nachfragen: Schreiber
der Bildbeschriftung,
weitere möglich...
...Professor, Mitglied GDT, ....
Martin Schulte-Kellinghaus
möglich:
Assistent xyz
IPTC-Daten digitaler Bilder (7)
Wo?
Was?
Wann?
Anmerkung
IPTCDatenfeld
Anmerkung
Beispiel
Credit
Wer bekommt
Honorar?
Agentur xyz
Copyright Notice
Bei wem liegen die
Bildrechte?
© by Martin SchulteKellinghaus
Copyright Status
urheberrechtlich geschützt
Special Instructions/
Anweisung
nicht für Internet, nicht für
Werbung, kein Model-Release,
...
Wer Foto?
Wer Geld?
Metadaten von digitalen Fotos (1)
Arten von Metadaten
RAW
TIFF
JPG
Dateigröße, Pixelzahl, Datum der letzten
Bearbeitung, .........
im Bild
im Bild
im Bild
Vorschaubild in geringer Auflösung
im Bild
im Bild
im Bild
EXIF (kameraspezfisch)
im Bild
im Bild
im Bild
Blende, Bel.zeit, Datum+Uhrzeit d.Aufnahme etc.
IPTC - „NORM“
kann in DB eingelesen werden
NEIN
im Bild
im Bild
kann DB ein- und auslesen
Felder in der Datenbank : Eigenschaften,
Kategorien, Stichworte, ...
Entwicklungsrezepte in Sidecar-File
von PS oder Lightroom als ###.xmp
von DxO als ###.dxo etc.
am Bild
am Bild
am Bild
kann DB in IPTC schreiben
neben
Bild
muss von DB verwaltet
werden
Metadaten von digitalen Fotos (2)
Dateiformat
DB
•
###.tiff
Eigenschaften / Properties
Kategorien / Categories
•
EXIF
IPTC
oder ###.jpg
Metadaten von digitalen Fotos (3)
Datensicherung bedeutet
- Sicherung der Bilder
UND
- Sicherung der Datenbank
Regeln für Dateinamen
•
Jeder Bildname sollte eindeutig sein und nur einmal im gesamten Bildarchiv vorkommen. Dies ist ein
probater Schutz vor einem versehentlichen Überschreiben.
•
Der Name einer Bilddatei MUSS ( Windows-System )mit einem drei Zeichen langen Dateityp als Endung und
einem vorangestellten Punkt versehen sein.
•
Dateinamen dürfen nicht länger als 31 Zeichen sein. Keine Sonderzeichen, keine Leerstellen sollen
verwendet werden und ein Punkt ist nur vor der Dateiendung erlaubt.
•
Dateinamen brauchen keine Informationen zum Bildinhalt geben. Es wird davon sogar abgeraten, weil es
die Namensgebung verkompliziert und die Dateinamen unnötig verlängert.
•
Die Namensgebung sollte standardisiert sein und konsequent angewendet werden, denn dies erspart Zeit
und vermeidet Fehler.
•
Die Datumsangabe im Dateinamen garantiert eine einfache chronologisch sortierte Auflistung in der
Reihenfolge des Aufnahmedatums.
•
Wichtig ist darauf zu achten, dass das entwickelte Namensschema zur Umbenennungsfunktion der
Anwendungen (Bridge oder eine andere Datenbank-Software) passt.
•
Angehängte Kürzel unterscheiden Original und bearbeitete Version voneinander und lassen trotzdem eine
eindeutige Zuordnung zu.
Digitalfotografie 03 / 2009
Beispiele für Dateinamen
- 20090612_#### .jpg
- 20090513_D###.jpg
- 20091030_154838.jpg
NICHT
- _DSC###.jpg
- 12.06.2009 ###.jpg
- 13_05_2009###.jpg
- Übersee2009_###.jpg
Datum aus EXIF und fortlaufende Nr.
Datum aus EXIF, Kürzel, fortlaufende Nr.
Datum und Uhrzeit aus EXIF
nicht eindeutig
keine Punkte, keine Leerstellen
“falsches“ Datumsformat
keine Umlaute, keine Inhaltsangabe (??)
Was muss eine DB können?
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•
•
•
•
•
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•
•
•
•
Umgang mit raw-Daten (Anzeige, Histogramm)
Umgang mit Varianten (raw, tiff, jpg-klein ..... vom selben Bild)
Metadatenverwaltung und –behandlung:
- DB-Felder in IPTC schreiben (und umgekehrt)
- Sidecarfiles automatisch umbenennen, verschieben etc.
Dateinamensgebung aus EXIF-Daten
Fotos bewerten (Sterne, Farbmarken, etc. ...)
Fotos suchen, filtern, sortieren nach verschiedenen Kriterien
Fotos ausgeben – Diashow, Kontaktbogen, eMail-Versand, Webgalerie
Verwaltung mehrerer FP auch offline
Hilfefunktion, Hotline, aktives Benutzerforum
offene Programmierung für eigene Scripts (?)
Welche DB gibt es?
•
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IMATCH von www.photools.com (ca 50€, MSK)
Bridge von ADOBE
Lightroom von ADOBE (KPK)
iViewMediaPro(gibt’s nicht mehr, V21)
ExpressionMedia (Microsoft Nachfolger von iViewMediaPro)
Fotostation Pro (ab 500€)
Thumbs plus, Fotoarchiv Plus, ImPRESSioDATA, ….
Apple Aperture für MAC (Mauthe)
• Nicht: Picasa, ACDsee, ... (Bildbetrachter)
... und jetzt ?
Sie müssen einige schwere Entscheidungen treffen:
- Organisation der FP
- Konstruktion der Dateinamen
- Kauf einer DB und erste grundlegende Einrichtung
und dann immer nur noch ganz ganz ganz ganz ganz ganz ganz
konsequent und pingelig sein ...
Viel Glück dabei!
IPTC-Definitionen
IPTC-Field
Type
Length
in Bytes
City
Sublocation
Province/State
Country/Primary
Location Code
Country/Primary
Location Name
Headline
String
String
String
String
32
32
32
3
Stadt
genauere Ortsbeschreibung
Bundesland / Kanton / Provinz / etc
Ländercode (definiert); DEU, etc.
Pamplona
Cirauqui
Provinz Navarra
ESP
String
64
Ländername (definiert):germany, etc.
Spain
String
256
Jakobsweg bei Cirauqui
Caption/Abstract
String
2000
Keywords
String
64 each
Kurzform der Bildbeschreibung, die als Überschrift an das Bild geklebt
werden könnte.
Bildbeschreibung, wer ist abgebildet: Vor- und Nachname, Alter und
Funktion; das Ereignis, das fotografiert wurde; bei Gegenständen eine
genaue Beschreibung.
beliebig viele Schlagwörter (jedes max. 64 Zeichen lang, auch mit
Leerzeichen), nur begrenzt durch die maximal zulässige Größe des
gesamten IPTC-Dateikopfes von 64 KB
Category
Supplemental
Category
String
String
3
32 each
Date Created
Date
8
Time Created
Time
11
Object Name
Source
String
String
64
32
By-line
By-line Title
String
String
32
32
Writer/Editor
String
32
Credit
Copyright Notice
Copyright Status
Special Instructions
String
String
String
String
32
128
256
Beispiel
Kategorie (nach NAARTNDA)
Hier können beliebige Kategorien angegeben werden, die dazu
verwendet werden, um das Bild wiederzufinden. Eine Kategorie hat max
32 Zeichen. Von Agenturen verwendet.
Aufnahmedatum in der Form CCYYMMDD. Unbekannte Daten werden
mit „00“ ausgedrückt.
Aufnahmezeit in der Form HHMMSS±HHMM (Zeit ± Zeitzonenkorrektur
gegenüber UTC). Unbekannte Daten werden genauestmöglich
ausgedrückt.
unterschiedlich genutzt, sinnvoll: Original-Dateiname
wird unterschiedlich genutzt, sinnvoll ist die Angabe Scan / Canon EOS
D5/ etc.
Name des Fotografen, der das Bild fotografiert hat.
Titel desjenigen, der unter Fotograf angegeben wurde. Das kann ein
akademischer Grad sein oder aber auch eine Berufsbezeichnung wie
Chefredakteur.
Wer hat die Bildbeschriftung geschrieben? An wen kann man sich bei
Nachfragen wenden? .
Wer bekommt das Honorar?
Besitzer der Bildrechte
Gibt es Probleme mit den Persönlichkeitsrechten, müssen Personen
geblendet werden. Gibt es besondere Honorarforderungen? Aber auch:
hat die Aufnahme technische Besonderheiten (Digitalkamera, Bild ist
gewollt dunkel oder farbstichig) oder Veröffentlichungseinschränkungen?
Pilger auf dem Camino Frances am frühen Morgen mit Blick
auf das Bergdorf Cirauqui
Europa, Westeuropa, Digital, Jakobsweg, Landschaft, Dorf,
Dörfer, Übersichtsaufnahme, Übersicht, Südwesteuropa,
Feld, Felder, Landwirtschaft, Nordspanien, Ort, Ortschaft,
Pilgerweg, Personen, People, Pilger, pilgern, wandern,
Glaube, Religion, Christentum, Weg, Wege, Person, Camino
de Santiago,
20080619
072513
20070619_SP_NAV076
Canon EOS 5D
Martin Schulte-Kellinghaus
Dr. , Freier Fotograph, DGPH
Martin Schulte-Kellinghaus
Agentur xyz
© by Martin Schulte-Kellinghaus
urheberrechtlich geschützt
nicht für Internet, nicht für Werbung, kein Model-Release,
IPTC-NAA-Standard
aus Wikipedia, der freien Enzyklopädie
Der IPTC-NAA-Standard (oft kurz nur IPTC) dient zur Speicherung von Textinformationen zu
Bildinhalten in Bilddateien (z. B. in TIFF- oder JFIF-Dateien). Er wurde etwa 1990 als
Information Interchange Model (IIM) definiert. Textinformationen werden in einem nach diesem
Standard definierten Format in einem speziellen Bereich der Datei abgelegt.
Der IPTC-NAA-Standard wurde vom International Press Telecommunications Council (IPTC)
zusammen mit der Newspaper Association of America (NAA) entwickelt und ist grundsätzlich
für alle Arten von Medien, also Text, Fotos, Grafiken, Audio oder Video geeignet. Schließlich
wurde er teilweise von der Firma Adobe Systems Inc. für Photoshop zur Eingabe von
bildbeschreibenden Textinformationen übernommen.
Der Standard erlaubt es, Hinweise zu den Bildrechten, den Namen des Autors, Titel oder
Schlagwörter direkt in der Bilddatei zu speichern. Diese Art der Speicherung von Metadaten ist
in Bildagenturen und Bildarchiven sehr verbreitet. Mit geeigneten Programmen (im
professionellen Rahmen meist Bilddatenbanken) lassen sich derart angereicherte Dateien
einfach nach bestimmten Eingaben oder Schlagwörtern durchsuchen. So kann die Verwaltung,
Pflege und Nutzung großer Bildarchive vereinfacht werden.
In der Zwischenzeit ist als neues Austauschformat NewsML anstelle von IPTC-NAA
vorgeschlagen worden. Zudem ist neben den IPTC-NAA-Standard die Speicherung im XMPFormat (Extensible Metadata Platform) getreten. Da neuere Produkte der Firma Adobe
Systems Inc. den IPTC-NAA-Standard zugunsten von XMP nicht mehr unterstützen, ist damit
zu rechnen, dass die Bedeutung des IPTC-NAA-Standards zurückgehen wird.
Parameter
Einige Felder:
IPTC-Feld
Beschreibung
Beispiel
Das Goldfischglas
Zeichen max.
Headline
Titel
256
Caption/
Abstract
Ein Goldfisch in einem
Wasserglas mit Kiesboden,
Beschreibung des Bildinhaltes
2000
einer Wasserpflanze und einem
Grand-Prix-Pokal.
beliebig viele
Schlagwörter (jedes
max. 64 Zeichen lang,
auch mit Leerzeichen),
Fisch, Goldfisch, Aquarium,
nur begrenzt durch die
Glas, Tier, Wasser, Grand Prix
maximal zulässige
Größe des gesamten
IPTC-Dateikopfes von
64 KB
Keywords
Schlagwörter
By-line
Name des Autors/Fotografen. Manfred Mustermann
32
By-line Title
Titel des Autors/Fotografen.
Wird hinter die Autorenangabe Freier Fotograf
gesetzt.
32
Copyright
Bildrechte
© Copyright 2005, Der
Musterkurier, all rights
reserved
128
Credit
vermerkt, wer das Bild liefert
(nicht notwendigerweise der
Fotograf selbst)
Muster-Agentur
32
Contact
Person oder Organisation, die
Manfred Mustermann,
weitere Informationen zum
[email protected]
Bild liefern kann.
128
Object Name
Kurzbezeichnung des Bildes,
kann Dateiname sein
Goldfisch1
64
20020318
8
Aufnahmedatum in der Form
CCYYMMDD. Unbekannte
Date Created
Daten werden mit „00“
ausgedrückt.
Aufnahmezeit in der Form
HHMMSS±HHMM (Zeit ±
Zeitzonenkorrektur gegenüber
Time Created
143712+0100
UTC). Unbekannte Daten
werden genauestmöglich
ausgedrückt.
11
Digital
Datum der Digitalisierung in
Creation Date der Form CCYYMMDD.
20020520
8
Zeit der Digitalisierung in der
Digital
Form HHMMSS±HHMM
103347+0100
Creation Time (Zeit ± Zeitzonenkorrektur
gegenüber GMT).
11
City
Aufnahmeort: Stadt
32
Sublocation
Aufnahmeort: präzisiert den
Marktplatz
Ort innerhalb einer Stadt o. Ä.
32
Province/
State
Aufnahmeort:
Bundesland/Kanton
Musterbundesland
32
Country/
Aufnahmeort: Staat/Kürzel
Primary
nach ISO 3166
Location Code
DEU
3
Country/
Primary
Location
Name
Aufnahmeort: Staat
Musterstaat
64
Special
Instructions
Sonstige Hinweise
nicht fürs Internet
256
Source
Quelle
Meike
Musterfrau/Musteragentur
32
Originating
Program
Programm, mit dem das Bild
erzeugt wurde
GIMP
32
Edit Status
Bearbeitungsstand
archiviert
64
Envelope
Priority
Dringlichkeit der Bearbeitung.
"1" ist die höchste Stufe, "5"
die normale und "8" die
niedrigste. "9" steht für eine
5
benutzerdefinierte
Dringlichkeit, "0" ist für
Künftiges reserviert.
Musterhausen
1
Bearbeitungszyklus: "a" =
Object Cycle morgens, "p" = abends oder "b" b
beides.
1
Original
Gibt an, von welchem Ort das
Transmission
BER-10-08-03
Bild übermittelt wurde
Reference
32
Fixture
Identifier
Kennzeichnet Bilder eines
Typs, der immer wieder
auftaucht.
Webcam Aquarium
32
Writer/ Editor
Person, die die IPTC-Daten
verfasst hat
Max Mustermann
128
Category
Kategorie (nach NAARTNDA)
EDU
(abgekündigt)
Supplemental Frei wählbare Kategorien
Category
(abgekündigt)
Auswahl 2003, bearbeitet,
aRGB
3
beliebig viele
Kategorien (jede max.
32 Zeichen lang), nur
begrenzt durch die
maximal zulässige
Größe des gesamten
IPTC-Dateikopfes von
64 KB.
Zeichensatz
Der IPTC-NAA-Standard schreibt selbst keinen bestimmten Zeichensatz vor, sondern
ermöglicht es, Daten in fast jedem Zeichensatz zu speichern. Der Standard sieht vor, dass der
verwendete Zeichensatz im (oben nicht aufgeführten) Envelope Record 1:90 angegeben wird.
Tatsächlich ignoriert jedoch eine beträchtliche Zahl von Anwendungen dieses Feld und nimmt
stattdessen an, die Daten seien im weit verbreiteten Latin-1-Zeichensatz ISO/IEC 8859-1
kodiert. Einige wenige Anwendungen gehen sogar von einer Kodierung im stark
eingeschränkten ASCII-Zeichensatz aus. Für den Anwender ergibt sich hieraus die
Notwendigkeit zu überprüfen, ob die Zeichensätze zueinander kompatibel sind, die die
verwendeten Programme jeweils annehmen.
Siehe auch
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Exchangeable Image File Format (Exif)
Extensible Metadata Platform (XMP)
Design rule for Camera File system (DCF)
Weblinks [Bearbeiten]
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IIM-Standard der IPTC
Kategoriecodes der Associated Press
Liste der ISO-Ländercodes
Von „http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPTC-NAA-Standard“
IPTC Web
How to get grips on visual content
The explicit goal for IPTC Photo Metadata is to make visual content better
accessible by computer based search systems. To achieve this the IPTC has
committed itself to a "Photo Metadata Roadmap" - see below.
What is Photo Metadata?
• Metadata is "data about data" - in the scope of photographs that is data
about the digital image.
• Data about digital images ...
... describe what you can see on the photo, either using free text or
codes from a controlled vocabulary
... provide administrative information about the photo like who has taken
it, when and where it was taken, etc.
... provide rights related information (copyright, usage rights)
... provide workflow related information like an identifier and title for the
photo or a job identifier.
• These data may be stored with the digital image data in an image file.
Well known formats are JPEG or TIFF files.
• These data may be stored outside a photo file in a digital asset
management system or by a external file, e.g. the XMP sidecar file or
XML based news exchange format files as specified by the IPTC.
Photo Metadata Roadmap 2007
This roadmap outlines planned photo metadata activities of the IPTC and in
particular of its Photo Metadata Working Group starting in summer 2007, it
was endorsed by the IPTC directors.
Much of the planned activities were triggered by and relate to the publicly
available "Photo Metadata White Paper".
Roadmap items:
1 Metadata specifications
The IPTC will start working on the specification of the metadata properties as
outlined in the White Paper - this means extending the current schema by the
most urgent requirements from the news and stock photo business.
2 Resolving the “Open Issues” from the White Paper
The IPTC will start to work on the "Open Issues" (chapter 6) from the White
Paper immediately as the IPTC received affirmative response to this list at and
after the Photo Metadata Conference in June 2007.
That are the headlines of this Open Issues list:
• Well defined mapping between metadata properties of different schemas
• Write-Once metadata values
• Versioning of metadata values
• Cameras should allow easy-to-preset metadata values
• Cameras should deliver more than Exif metadata (this point is related to the
one above)
• Improved support for controlled vocabularies (CV) as the source of metadata
values on the user interface level
• Consistent implementation and use of photo metadata standards must be
improved
• Imaging devices are not restricted to cameras anymore
• A key feature of metadata for digital assets – photographs included – are
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The IPTC
moderates
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discussion
forums on
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metadata:
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globally unique identifiers
3 Talking to camera makers and CIPA
The IPTC will start talking to camera makers and CIPA regarding the open
issues described in 2.
4 Photo workflow standards
The IPTC will consider the request for photo workflow standards/guidelines to
tame the threat of deleting metadata at some intermediate stage of the
workflow.
5 Collaboration with other parties
The IPTC will invite standardisation bodies and other companies and parties to
collaborate on the efforts outlined in this Roadmap.
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IPTC Core & Extension = the IPTC Photo Metadata
standard
IPTC Core and IPTC Extension are two metadata schemas developed by the
IPTC for professional use with a focus on news and stock photos.
The technical implementation of the metadata is employing Adobe's XMP
technology.
Both standards are published together as IPTC Photo Metadata Standards. Its
latest version includes the IPTC Core 1.1 and the IPTC Extension 1.1
specifications.
IPTC Core
• the "IPTC Core" Schema for XMP is made for a smooth and
straightforward transfer of metadata values from the IIM-based IPTC
fields to the XMP framework
• a specification on how to synchronise legacy IPTC field values with the
new "IPTC Core" - back and forth.
• "custom panels" for Adobe Photoshop to provide a simple user interface
to all "IPTC Core" metadata
• supplementary documentation for users and implementers.
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Specifications
* For both
Core and
Extension:
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Metadata
Standards
User
Guidelines
* For the
IPTC Core
1.0
Compatible
software
Version 1.0 specifications
The IPTC
maintains a
list of
software
which claims
to be
compatible
with IPTC
photo
metadata
standards
The "IPTC Core" version 1.0 specification was approved by the IPTC in 2004
and the specification document and additional supporting material is available:
Support +
discussion
IPTC Core 1.1 was approved in July 2008 and its specification is published as
part of the IPTC Photo Metadata Standards spec document.
An Errata Page provides a list of errata found in the spec document after its
release.
The supplemental documents like the User Guidelines and custom panels for
CS3 are currently updated to version 1.1 and will be released later.
• IPTC Core 1.0 specification document
• "custom panels" of IPTC Core metadata for Adobe Photoshop CS
• a comprehensive user guide to these panels
(Video tutorials on their use provided by David Riecks and the Stock
Artists Alliance)
• example photos with IPTC Core metadata
• a guideline for XMP software implementers
• translations of all the language that may (or should) appear on the user
interface with IPTC Core fields into:
Spanish, French, German and Japanese
(In particular the field label, the definition of the semantics of the field
and notes to the field are translated)
This material can be downloaded as either a full package or a "Photoshop CS
panels only"
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A severe problem was found with Photoshop 7.1 and CS 1 (aka V 8): Data
input to one of the IPTC Core fields in the built-in Description or Origin panel
are not saved to the XMP Packet. Please DOWNLOAD this package to fix the
problem. - be aware it does not apply to Photoshop CS 2 or CS 3.
IPTC Extension
The IPTC Extension Schema for XMP is a supplemental schema to the IPTC
Core. It provides:
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Metadata
feed
A feed in
the Atom 1.0
format is
providing all
changes to
Photo
Metadata
Standards
• fields to provide additional information about the content of the image,
e.g. name or locatation shown in the image, an organisation or event
featured by the image, ... and more
• fields to improve administration, like e.g. for a globally unique identifier
• fields for cultural heritage photos, including a title, a creator, a creation
date and information about the source
• fields to precisely define the licensing and the copyrights of a
photograph.
Version 1.1 specifications
IPTC Extension 1.1 was approved in June 2009 and its specification is
published as part of the IPTC Photo Metadata Standards specification
document.
An Errata Page provides a list of errata found in the spec document after its
release.
Supplemental documentation like User Guidelines, Implementation Guidelines
and custom panels for CS5, CS4 and CS3 are currently developed and will be
released in 2010.
For both standards
XMP technology
Adobe's Extensible Metadata Platform (XMP) is a technology that allows you to
embed metadata into the file itself. With XMP, desktop applications and backend publishing systems gain a common method for capturing, sharing, and
leveraging this valuable metadata.
Software created by Adobe but also many more software vendors is enabled to
process XMP metadata as XMP is built on a set of public specifications. You
may download them from Adobe's XMP pages: www.adobe.com/products/xmp/
Note: XMP is Adobe's sole intellectual property and not IPTC's.
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IIM for photos: a good solution for more than a
decade
PHOTO
Initally IPTC built its Information Interchange Model (IIM) for content of all
kinds of media-types but its most renown usage came with photo metadata.
IN A
When Adobe decided to add metadata to its Photoshop product in about 1995
they were looking around for appropriate standards - and adopted IPTC's
Information Interchange Model (IIM) as the best solution.
Specifications
IIM was created in 1991 as a rich set of metadata for all kinds of content: text,
photo, graphics, audio and even video streams. This may have made the
decision easy to implement a subset of IIM into Photoshop. From that time
millions of digital images have been annotated by using this technology:
Photoshop provided the user interface, how metadata fields are saved and
stored in the image file was under the control of IIM.
Soon after that time other imaging software got aware of the value of
metadata and added features to read, edit and write metadata fields from and
to the image file.
The IIM standard is still supported by the IPTC and has its own section on this
website.
Further the IPTC maintains a list of software which claims to be compatible
with the IIM implementation of photo metadata.
As the IPTC acknowledges the limitations of IIM it developed with Adobe the
IPTC Core schema in 2004 which is equivalent to the IIM fields on a semantic
level but is built on latest technology, called XMP. In 2008 the IPTC Core was
extended by the IPTC Extension schema.
METADATA
NUTSHELL
For both
IPTC Core
and IPTC
Extension:
the latest
Photo
Metadata
Standards
document
Support
and
discussion
The IPTC
moderates
two
discussion
forums on
photo
metadata:
* Generic
issues
* XMP
specific
issues
Subscribe
to Photo
Metadata
feed
A feed in
the Atom 1.0
format is
providing all
changes to
Photo
Metadata
standards
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Software supporting IPTC photo metadata
standards IIM and "IPTC Core"
PHOTO
Introduction
IN A
The IPTC provides standards for photo metadata for more than a decade:
NUTSHELL
• In the early 1990's IPTC's Information Interchange Model (IIM) standard
was adopted to provide metadata fields in digital image files. This set of
metadata is called "IPTC data", "IPTC fields" or "IPTC header".
• In 2005 the IPTC released the "IPTC Core" standard for metadata based
on Adobe's technical XMP framework.
List of software products - in alphabetical order, follow the
link
ACDSee Pro - 8.1
Adobe Acrobat - 8
Adobe After Effects Pro - 7.0
Adobe After Effects Std - 7.0
Adobe Audition - 2.0
Adobe Bridge - CS2
Adobe Creative Suite 2 Premium - 2
Adobe Creative Suite 2 Standard - 2
Adobe Encore DVD - 2.0
Adobe Illustrator - CS2
Adobe InCopy - CS2
Adobe InDesign - CS2
Adobe Photoshop - CS2
Adobe Premiere Pro - 2.0
Adobe Production Studio Premium - .
Adobe Production Studio Standard - .
AtomicView - 1.2
BreezeBrowser Pro - 1.6
Canto Cumulus - 7.x
Caption Edit - 1.02
Captivate - .
Carpe camera - 2.0
Contribute - 4
DC - 5
Digikam - 1.0
Downloader Pro - 2.0
Dreamweaver - 8
ExifTool - 7.45
EXIFutils - 2.7
Exiv2 - 0.17.1
Fireworks - 8
Flash Pro - 8
FotoStation Pro - 6.0
FotoWare Color Factory - 6.0
FotoWare FotoWeb - 6.0
FotoWare Index Manager - 6.0
GraphicConverter - 5.9.4
IDimager - 4.1
Image Info Toolkit - 2.0.1.8
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METADATA
Specifications
For both
IPTC Core
and IPTC
Extension:
the latest
Photo
Metadata
Standards
document
Support
and
discussion
The IPTC
moderates
two
discussion
forums on
photo
metadata:
* Generic
issues
* XMP
specific
issues
Subscribe
to Photo
Metadata
feed
A feed in
the Atom 1.0
format is
providing all
changes to
Photo
Metadata
standards
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Imagero - 1.95
IMatch - The Digital Image Management Solution - 3.6
IrfanView - 4.20
iView MediaPro - 3.1.2
Kalimages - 2.1.3
libiptcdata - 0.2.1
MediaDex - 1.0
METAmachine - 1.1
myCONTENT - 2.3
NSCS Pro - 3.0
Orphea Studio - 3.9
Photo Mechanic - 4.5
PhotoShelter - 1.0
PHP JPEG Metadata Toolkit - 1.11
PicaJet - 2.5
Profium Metadata Server & News Solution - 4.3.1
RoboFolder - 1.1
RoboImport - 1.1
StockView - 5.6
Third Light Image Management System - IMS - 5.0
ThumbsPlus - 7.0
WebDAM - 2.6
Xinet - 8.0
XnView - 1.82.4
Key to table below:
Supported OS: indicates versions of Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac OS, or a
kind of Unix/Linux.
Supports IIM: whether metadata of the IIM standards can be read or written
Supports XMP and IPTC Core: whether metadata of the IPTC Core can be read
or written, as IPTC Core is built on Adobe's XMP its supports is a prerequisite.
Synchronizes IIM/Core values: indicates the direction of synchronzing values:
1/ only from IIM to IPTC Core, 2/ only from IPTC Core to IIM, 3/ both
directions, 4/ no synchronization is available at all.
ACDSee Pro
Product version
8.1
Windows: All recent
Supported OS
Mac:
*ix:
Supports IIM
YES
Supports XMP and IPTC Core None of them
Supports IPTC Extension
NO
Metadata values are synchronized: - no
Synchronizes IIM/Core values
synchronization at all
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Software vendor
ACD Systems
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Adobe Acrobat
Product version
8
Windows: 2000, XP
Supported OS
Mac: OS X
*ix:
Supports IIM
YES
Supports XMP and IPTC Core
XMP supported , IPTC Core supported.
Supports IPTC Extension
NO
Metadata values are synchronized: back and
Synchronizes IIM/Core values
forth
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Software vendor
Adobe Systems, Inc.,
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vendor on
Adobe After Effects Pro
Product version
7.0
Windows: XP
Supported OS
Mac:
*ix:
Supports IIM
NO
Supports XMP and IPTC Core None of them
Supports IPTC Extension
NO
Metadata values are synchronized: - no
Synchronizes IIM/Core values
synchronization at all
Comments
Software vendor
Adobe Systems, Inc.,
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2006-11-11
vendor on
Adobe After Effects Std
Product version
7.0
Windows: XP
Supported OS
Mac:
*ix:
Supports IIM
NO
Supports XMP and IPTC Core None of them
Supports IPTC Extension
NO
Metadata values are synchronized: - no
Synchronizes IIM/Core values
synchronization at all
Comments
Software vendor
Adobe Systems, Inc.,
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2006-11-11
vendor on
Adobe Audition
Product version
2.0
Windows: XP
Supported OS
Mac:
*ix:
Supports IIM
YES
Supports XMP and IPTC Core
XMP supported , IPTC Core supported.
Supports IPTC Extension
NO
Metadata values are synchronized: back and
Synchronizes IIM/Core values
forth
Comments
Software vendor
Adobe Systems, Inc.,
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Information provided by the
2006-11-11
vendor on
Adobe Bridge
Product version
CS2
Windows: XP
Supported OS
Mac: OS X
*ix:
Supports IIM
YES
Supports XMP and IPTC Core
XMP supported , IPTC Core supported.
Supports IPTC Extension
NO
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Metadata values are synchronized: back and
forth
Comments
Software vendor
Adobe Systems, Inc.,
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2006-11-11
vendor on
Adobe Creative Suite 2 Premium
Product version
2
Windows: 2000, XP
Supported OS
Mac: OS X
*ix:
Supports IIM
YES
Supports XMP and IPTC Core
XMP supported , IPTC Core supported.
Supports IPTC Extension
NO
Metadata values are synchronized: back and
Synchronizes IIM/Core values
forth
Comments
Software vendor
Adobe Systems, Inc.
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http://www.adobe.com
Information provided by the
2006-11-11
vendor on
Adobe Creative Suite 2 Standard
Product version
2
Windows: 2000, XP
Supported OS
Mac: OS X
*ix:
Supports IIM
YES
Supports XMP and IPTC Core
XMP supported , IPTC Core supported.
Supports IPTC Extension
NO
Metadata values are synchronized: back and
Synchronizes IIM/Core values
forth
Comments
Software vendor
Adobe Systems, Inc.
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http://www.adobe.com
Information provided by the
2006-11-11
vendor on
Adobe Encore DVD
Product version
2.0
Windows: XP
Supported OS
Mac:
*ix:
Supports IIM
YES
Supports XMP and IPTC Core
XMP supported , IPTC Core supported.
Supports IPTC Extension
NO
Metadata values are synchronized: back and
Synchronizes IIM/Core values
forth
Comments
Software vendor
Adobe Systems, Inc.,
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Information provided by the
2006-11-11
vendor on
Adobe Illustrator
Product version
CS2
Windows: 2000, XP
Supported OS
Mac: OS X
*ix:
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Supports IIM
Supports XMP and IPTC Core
Supports IPTC Extension
Synchronizes IIM/Core values
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Product version
Supported OS
Supports IIM
Supports XMP and IPTC Core
Supports IPTC Extension
Synchronizes IIM/Core values
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YES
XMP supported , IPTC Core supported.
NO
Metadata values are synchronized: back and
forth
Adobe Systems, Inc.,
http://www.adobe.com
2006-11-11
Adobe InCopy
CS2
Windows: 2000, XP
Mac: OS X
*ix:
YES
XMP supported , IPTC Core supported.
NO
Metadata values are synchronized: back and
forth
Adobe Systems, Inc.,
http://www.adobe.com
2006-11-11
Adobe InDesign
CS2
Windows: 2000, XP
Supported OS
Mac: OS X
*ix:
Supports IIM
YES
Supports XMP and IPTC Core
XMP supported , IPTC Core supported.
Supports IPTC Extension
NO
Metadata values are synchronized: back and
Synchronizes IIM/Core values
forth
Comments
Software vendor
Adobe Systems, Inc.,
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Information provided by the
2006-11-11
vendor on
Adobe Photoshop
Product version
CS2
Windows: 2000, XP
Supported OS
Mac: OS X
*ix:
Supports IIM
YES
Supports XMP and IPTC Core
XMP supported , IPTC Core supported.
Supports IPTC Extension
NO
Metadata values are synchronized: back and
Synchronizes IIM/Core values
forth
Comments
Software vendor
Adobe Systems, Inc.,
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Information provided by the
2006-11-11
vendor on
Adobe Premiere Pro
Product version
2.0
Product version
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Supported OS
Supports IIM
Supports XMP and IPTC Core
Supports IPTC Extension
Synchronizes IIM/Core values
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Windows: XP
Mac:
*ix:
YES
XMP supported , IPTC Core supported.
NO
Metadata values are synchronized: back and
forth
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Software vendor
Adobe Systems, Inc.,
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2006-11-11
vendor on
Adobe Production Studio Premium
Product version
.
Windows: XP
Supported OS
Mac:
*ix:
Supports IIM
YES
Supports XMP and IPTC Core
XMP supported , IPTC Core supported.
Supports IPTC Extension
NO
Metadata values are synchronized: back and
Synchronizes IIM/Core values
forth
Comments
Software vendor
Adobe Systems, Inc.,
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Information provided by the
2006-11-11
vendor on
Adobe Production Studio Standard
Product version
.
Windows: XP
Supported OS
Mac:
*ix:
Supports IIM
YES
Supports XMP and IPTC Core
XMP supported , IPTC Core supported.
Supports IPTC Extension
NO
Metadata values are synchronized: back and
Synchronizes IIM/Core values
forth
Comments
Software vendor
Adobe Systems, Inc.,
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2006-11-11
vendor on
AtomicView
Product version
1.2
Windows:
Supported OS
Mac: OS X
*ix:
Supports IIM
YES
Supports XMP and IPTC Core
XMP supported , IPTC Core supported.
Supports IPTC Extension
YES
Metadata values are synchronized: back and
Synchronizes IIM/Core values
forth
Comments
Software vendor
AntZero
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BreezeBrowser Pro
1.6
Windows: 98 to XP
Supported OS
Mac:
*ix:
Supports IIM
YES
Supports XMP and IPTC Core XMP supported , IPTC Core supported.
Supports IPTC Extension
NO
Synchronizes IIM/Core
Metadata values are synchronized: from IPTC
values
Core to IIM only
Comments
Software vendor
Breeze Systems Ltd
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2006-11-11
vendor on
Canto Cumulus
Product version 7.x
Windows: Win 2000, 2003, XP, Vista (Server)
Supported OS
Mac: OS X (Clnt + Srv.)
*ix: Linux, Solaris (Server)
Supports IIM
YES
Supports XMP
XMP supported , IPTC Core supported.
and IPTC Core
Supports IPTC
NO
Extension
Synchronizes
Metadata values are synchronized: back and forth
IIM/Core values
Menu option enables one-click catalog configuration for IPTC.
But users (admins) can add any number of metadata fields
Comments
they need, making it possible to support other standards too.
Details on Cumulus' IPTC Core support is available on
Canto's website
Software vendor Canto Software GmbH
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web site
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vendor on
Caption Edit
Product version
1.02
Windows: 98 to XP
Supported OS
Mac:
*ix:
Supports IIM
YES
Supports XMP and
XMP supported , IPTC Core supported.
IPTC Core
Supports IPTC
NO
Extension
Synchronizes
Metadata values are synchronized: back and forth
IIM/Core values
Its IPTC caption editing module lets you batch edit
Comments
textual metadata of graphics files, add and edit caption
text.
Software vendor
Media Web India
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site
Product version
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2006-12-07
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Captivate
.
Windows: 2000, XP
Supported OS
Mac: OS X
*ix:
Supports IIM
NO
Supports XMP and IPTC Core None of them
Supports IPTC Extension
NO
Metadata values are synchronized: - no
Synchronizes IIM/Core values
synchronization at all
Comments
Software vendor
Adobe Systems, Inc.,
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2006-11-11
vendor on
Carpe camera
Product version
2.0
Windows: All recent
Supported OS
Mac: OS X
*ix:
Supports IIM
YES
Supports XMP and IPTC Core
XMP supported , IPTC Core supported.
Supports IPTC Extension
NO
Metadata values are synchronized: back and
Synchronizes IIM/Core values
forth
Comments
Software vendor
Windh Technology
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2006-11-11
vendor on
Contribute
Product version
4
Windows: 2000, XP
Supported OS
Mac: OS X
*ix:
Supports IIM
NO
Supports XMP and IPTC Core None of them
Supports IPTC Extension
NO
Metadata values are synchronized: - no
Synchronizes IIM/Core values
synchronization at all
Comments
Software vendor
Adobe Systems, Inc.,
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2006-11-11
vendor on
DC
Product version
5
Windows: All recent
Supported OS
Mac: OS X
*ix: Linux, Unix
Supports IIM
YES
Supports XMP and IPTC Core
XMP supported , IPTC Core supported.
Supports IPTC Extension
NO
Metadata values are synchronized: back and
Synchronizes IIM/Core values
forth
Product version
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Software vendor
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Information provided by the
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Product version
Supported OS
Supports IIM
Supports XMP and
IPTC Core
Supports IPTC
Extension
Synchronizes
IIM/Core values
Comments
Software vendor
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site
Information
provided by the
vendor on
Product version
Supported OS
Supports IIM
Supports XMP and
IPTC Core
Supports IPTC
Extension
Synchronizes
IIM/Core values
Client server solution.
Digital Collections GmbH
http://www.digicol.de
2006-11-14
Digikam
1.0
Windows: All recent
Mac: OS X 10...
*ix: Linus
YES
XMP supported , IPTC Core supported.
YES
Metadata values are synchronized: back and forth
digiKam is an advanced digital photo management
application for Linux, Windows, and Mac-OSX and free
software (GPL) Software vendor
Digikam
http://www.digikam.org
2009-08-15
Downloader Pro
2.0
Windows: 98 to XP
Mac:
*ix:
YES
XMP supported , IPTC Core supported.
NO
Metadata values are synchronized: from IPTC Core to
IIM only
Downloader Pro v2.0 is currently available as a beta
Comments
version. The full release will be available later in 2006.
Software vendor
Breeze Systems Ltd
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2006-11-11
by the vendor on
Dreamweaver
Product version
8
Windows: 2000, XP
Supported OS
Mac: OS X
*ix:
Supports IIM
NO
Supports XMP and IPTC Core None of them
Supports IPTC Extension
NO
Metadata values are synchronized: - no
Synchronizes IIM/Core values
synchronization at all
Comments
Software vendor
Adobe Systems, Inc.,
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ExifTool
Product version 7.45
Windows: All recent
Supported OS Mac: OS X
*ix: Linux, other *ix
Supports IIM
YES
Supports XMP
XMP supported , IPTC Core supported.
and IPTC Core
Supports IPTC
YES
Extension
Synchronizes
Metadata values are synchronized: back and forth
IIM/Core values
ExifTool is a customizable set of Perl modules plus an
application script for reading and writing meta information in
Comments
image, audio and video files, including the maker note
information of many digital cameras by various
manufacturers.
Software
Phil Harvey
vendor
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web site
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vendor on
EXIFutils
Product version
2.7
Windows: XP
Supported OS
Mac: OS X
*ix:
Supports IIM
YES
Supports XMP and IPTC
None of them
Core
Supports IPTC Extension
NO
Synchronizes IIM/Core
Metadata values are synchronized: - no
values
synchronization at all
Comments
Software vendor
Hugsan Pty. Ltd.
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vendor on
Exiv2
Product version
0.17.1
Windows: All recent
Supported OS
Mac: OS X
*ix:
Supports IIM
YES
Supports XMP and
None of them
IPTC Core
Supports IPTC
NO
Extension
Synchronizes
Metadata values are synchronized: - no synchronization at
IIM/Core values
all
Exiv2 is a C++ library and a command line utility to
manage image metadata. It provides fast and easy read
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and write access to the Exif, IPTC and XMP metadata of
images in many formats.
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Software vendor Open Source Project
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Fireworks
Product version
8
Windows: 2000, XP
Supported OS
Mac: OS X
*ix:
Supports IIM
NO
Supports XMP and IPTC Core None of them
Supports IPTC Extension
NO
Metadata values are synchronized: - no
Synchronizes IIM/Core values
synchronization at all
Comments
Software vendor
Adobe Systems, Inc.,
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2006-11-11
vendor on
Flash Pro
Product version
8
Windows: 2000, XP
Supported OS
Mac: OS X
*ix:
Supports IIM
NO
Supports XMP and IPTC Core None of them
Supports IPTC Extension
NO
Metadata values are synchronized: - no
Synchronizes IIM/Core values
synchronization at all
Comments
Software vendor
Adobe Systems, Inc.,
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2006-11-11
vendor on
FotoStation Pro
Product version
6.0
Windows: XP, Vista
Supported OS
Mac: OS X 10.4
*ix:
Supports IIM
YES
Supports XMP and IPTC Core
XMP supported , IPTC Core supported.
Supports IPTC Extension
NO
Metadata values are synchronized: back and
Synchronizes IIM/Core values
forth
Comments
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FotoWare as
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2007-10-08
vendor on
FotoWare Color Factory
Product version
6.0
Windows: Srv2003
Supported OS
Mac:
*ix:
Supports IIM
YES
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Supports IPTC Extension
Synchronizes IIM/Core values
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XMP supported , IPTC Core supported.
NO
Metadata values are synchronized: back and
forth
FotoWare as
http://www.fotoware.com/
2007-10-08
FotoWare FotoWeb
6.0
Windows: Srv2003
Supported OS
Mac:
*ix:
Supports IIM
YES
Supports XMP and IPTC Core
XMP supported , IPTC Core supported.
Supports IPTC Extension
NO
Metadata values are synchronized: back and
Synchronizes IIM/Core values
forth
Comments
Software vendor
FotoWare as
Visit vendor's web site
http://www.fotoware.com/
Information provided by the
2007-10-08
vendor on
FotoWare Index Manager
Product version
6.0
Windows: Srv2003
Supported OS
Mac:
*ix:
Supports IIM
YES
Supports XMP and IPTC Core
XMP supported , IPTC Core supported.
Supports IPTC Extension
NO
Metadata values are synchronized: back and
Synchronizes IIM/Core values
forth
Comments
Software vendor
FotoWare as
Visit vendor's web site
http://www.fotoware.com/
Information provided by the
2007-10-08
vendor on
GraphicConverter
Product version
5.9.4
Windows: none
Supported OS
Mac: OS 9.x, X 10.x
*ix:
Supports IIM
YES
Supports XMP and IPTC Core
XMP supported , IPTC Core supported.
Supports IPTC Extension
NO
Metadata values are synchronized: back and
Synchronizes IIM/Core values
forth
Comments
Software vendor
Lemke Software GmbH
Visit vendor's web site
http://www.lemkesoft.com
Information provided by the
2007-01-05
vendor on
IDimager
Product version
4.1
Product version
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Supported OS
Supports IIM
Supports XMP and IPTC Core
Supports IPTC Extension
Synchronizes IIM/Core values
Comments
Software vendor
Visit vendor's web site
Information provided by the
vendor on
Product version
Supported OS
Supports IIM
Supports XMP and
IPTC Core
Supports IPTC
Extension
Synchronizes
IIM/Core values
Comments
Windows: XP, Vista
Mac:
*ix:
YES
XMP supported , IPTC Core supported.
YES
Metadata values are synchronized: back and
forth
idFOX Holding BV
http://www.idimager.com
2008-10-17
Image Info Toolkit
2.0.1.8
Windows: 98 to XP
Mac: OS X
*ix:
YES
None of them
NO
Metadata values are synchronized: - no synchronization
at all
IPTC data is implemented by fast batch processing
BlueBox is currently in the process of implementing
support for XMP and Iptc Core.
BlueBox GmbH
Software vendor
Visit vendor's web
http://www.bluebox-software.com
site
Information provided
2006-11-16
by the vendor on
Imagero
Product version
1.95
Windows: All recent, Java 1.18
Supported OS
Mac: OS X, Java 1.18
*ix:
Supports IIM
YES
Supports XMP and IPTC Core XMP supported , IPTC Core supported.
Supports IPTC Extension
NO
Synchronizes IIM/Core
Metadata values are synchronized: from IIM to
values
IPTC Core only
Comments
Software vendor
Andrey Kuznetsov
Visit vendor's web site
http://reader.imagero.com
Information provided by the
2007-03-08
vendor on
IMatch - The Digital Image Management Solution
Product version
3.6
Windows: 2000, XP, Vista 32/64bit
Supported OS
Mac:
*ix:
Supports IIM
YES
Supports XMP and
XMP supported , IPTC Core supported.
IPTC Core
Supports IPTC
YES
Extension
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IIM/Core values
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Metadata values are synchronized: from IIM to IPTC Core
only
The XMP editor in my software supports basically all
contents available via XMP, including the new IPTC
Extensions. A template for an "empty" set of IPTC
Extension will be available.
photools.com - Mario Westphal
Software vendor
Visit vendor's web
http://www.photools.com
site
Information
provided by the
2008-10-17
vendor on
IrfanView
Product version
4.20
Windows: 95 to Vista
Supported OS
Mac:
*ix:
Supports IIM
YES
Supports XMP and IPTC Core None of them
Supports IPTC Extension
NO
Metadata values are synchronized: - no
Synchronizes IIM/Core values
synchronization at all
Comments
Software vendor
IrfanView
Visit vendor's web site
http://www.irfanview.net
Information provided by the
2008-10-17
vendor on
iView MediaPro
Product version
3.1.2
Windows: 2000 to Vista
Supported OS
Mac: OS X 10.3.9+
*ix:
Supports IIM
YES
Supports XMP and
XMP supported , IPTC Core supported.
IPTC Core
Supports IPTC
NO
Extension
Synchronizes
Metadata values are synchronized: from IPTC Core to
IIM/Core values
IIM only
On import iView MediaPro 3 prefers IPTC Core over IIM.
Comments
On writing back annotations it writes both IPTC Core and
IIM so that they match.
Software vendor
iView MultiMedia Ltd
Visit vendor's web
http://www.iview-multimedia.com
site
Information provided
2006-11-11
by the vendor on
Kalimages
Product version 2.1.3
Windows: 2000, XP, Srv2003
Supported OS
Mac:
*ix:
Supports IIM
YES
Supports XMP
XMP supported , IPTC Core supported.
and IPTC Core
Supports IPTC
NO
Extension
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IIM/Core values
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Metadata values are synchronized: back and forth
Kalimages also supports IDEAlliance DISC metadata set
according to: http://www.disc-info.org/ and allows to define
Comments
easily customized XMP metadata (3 * 10 field in different or
same namespaces)
Software vendor Soft Experience
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http://www.softexperience.com
web site
Information
provided by the 2006-11-11
vendor on
libiptcdata
Product version 0.2.1
Windows: XP
Supported OS
Mac: OS X 10.4+
*ix: cmd line
Supports IIM
YES
Supports XMP
None of them
and IPTC Core
Supports IPTC
NO
Extension
Synchronizes
Metadata values are synchronized: - no synchronization at all
IIM/Core values
libiptcdata is a C-library intended for use by other developers
to easily add IPTC IIM support to their application software. It
Comments
also comes with a standalone command-line client for viewing
and editing IPTC IIM fields stored in image files.
Software vendor David Moore
Visit vendor's
lhttp://ibiptcdata.sourceforge.net/
web site
Information
provided by the 2006-11-11
vendor on
MediaDex
Product version
1.0
Windows: 98 to XP
Supported OS
Mac: OS X 10.3 ++
*ix:
Supports IIM
YES
Supports XMP and IPTC Core
XMP supported , IPTC Core supported.
Supports IPTC Extension
NO
Metadata values are synchronized: back and
Synchronizes IIM/Core values
forth
Comments
Software vendor
MediaDex FZ-LLC
Visit vendor's web site
http://www.mediadex.com
Information provided by the
2006-11-11
vendor on
METAmachine
Product
1.1
version
Windows:
Supported OS Mac: OS X
*ix:
Supports IIM YES
Supports XMP
XMP supported , IPTC Core supported.
and IPTC Core
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Supports IPTC
NO
Extension
Synchronizes
IIM/Core
Metadata values are synchronized: back and forth
values
METAmachine can be used to write a complete set of the IPTC
standard metadata into images, to add solely copyright and
Comments
contact information or just licensing terms, leaving all other
metadata already in the images unaltered.
Software
HindSight Ltd
vendor
Visit vendor's
http://HSLtd.us/metamachine/metamachine.html
web site
Information
provided by
2007-10-24
the vendor on
myCONTENT
Product version
2.3
Windows:
Supported OS
Mac:
*ix: Linux
Supports IIM
YES
Supports XMP and IPTC Core
XMP supported , IPTC Core supported.
Supports IPTC Extension
NO
Metadata values are synchronized: back and
Synchronizes IIM/Core values
forth
Client/server solution, client web browser
Comments
based.
Software vendor
picturesafe media/data/bank GmbH
Visit vendor's web site
http://www.picturesafe.de
Information provided by the
2006-11-16
vendor on
NSCS Pro
Product version
3.0
Windows: 98 to XP
Supported OS
Mac:
*ix:
Supports IIM
NO
Supports XMP and
None of them
IPTC Core
Supports IPTC
NO
Extension
Synchronizes
Metadata values are synchronized: - no synchronization
IIM/Core values
at all
We are working on the next version of the software and
Comments
it will supportIPTC IIM standard and all metadata fields
Software vendor
Norton Slide Captioning System
Visit vendor's web site http://www.nscspro.com
Information provided
2006-11-11
by the vendor on
Orphea Studio
Product version
3.9
Windows: 95 to Vista
Supported OS
Mac: OS X
*ix: RedHat
Supports IIM
YES
Supports XMP and IPTC Core XMP supported , IPTC Core supported.
Supports IPTC Extension
YES
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Synchronizes IIM/Core values
Comments
Software vendor
Visit vendor's web site
Information provided by the
vendor on
Metadata values are synchronized: from IPTC
Core to IIM only
Algoba Systems
http://www.orphea.com
2008-10-17
Photo Mechanic
Product version
Supported OS
4.5
Windows: 2000, XP
Mac: OS X 10.3.5+
*ix:
YES
Supports IIM
Supports XMP and
XMP supported , IPTC Core supported.
IPTC Core
Supports IPTC
NO
Extension
Synchronizes
Metadata values are synchronized: back and forth
IIM/Core values
The current 4.4.3.3 version of Photo Mechanic doesn't
support all IPTC Core fields (e.g. contact info), but the
Comments
upcoming 4.5 version will add support for all.
Photo Mechanic can also manage XMP sidecar files for RAW
formats.
Software vendor
Camera Bits, Inc.
Visit vendor's web
http://www.camerabits.com
site
Information
provided by the
2006-11-11
vendor on
PhotoShelter
Product version
1.0
Windows:
Supported OS
Mac:
*ix:
Supports IIM
YES
Supports XMP and IPTC Core
XMP supported , IPTC Core supported.
Supports IPTC Extension
NO
Metadata values are synchronized: back and
Synchronizes IIM/Core values
forth
Comments
Web browser based solution.
Software vendor
PhotoShelter
Visit vendor's web site
http://www.photoshelter.com
Information provided by the
2006-11-14
vendor on
PHP JPEG Metadata Toolkit
Product version
1.11
Windows:
Supported OS
Mac:
*ix:
Supports IIM
YES
Supports XMP and
XMP supported but not IPTC Core.
IPTC Core
Supports IPTC
NO
Extension
Synchronizes
Metadata values are synchronized: - no synchronization at
IIM/Core values
all
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Runs on all current PHP versions. Compatible with IPTC-IIM
and XMP as used in Photoshop CS, work on further
compatibility in progress
Evan Hunter
Software vendor
Visit vendor's web
http://ozhiker.com/electronics/pjmt
site
Information
provided by the
2006-11-11
vendor on
PicaJet
Product version
2.5
Windows: 98 to Vista
Supported OS
Mac:
*ix:
Supports IIM
YES
Supports XMP and IPTC Core XMP supported , IPTC Core supported.
Supports IPTC Extension
NO
Metadata values are synchronized: from IIM to
Synchronizes IIM/Core values
IPTC Core only
- Read IPTC/NAA and XMP metadatas
- Write info back to IPTC/NAA
Comments
- Write/Map IPTC/NAA fields to XMP of DNG
files.
Software vendor
PicaJet.com
Visit vendor's web site
http://www.picajet.com
Information provided by the
2006-11-11
vendor on
Profium Metadata Server & News Solution
Product version
4.3.1
Windows: XP, Srv 2003
Supported OS
Mac: OS X
*ix: RedHat
Supports IIM
YES
Supports XMP and IPTC Core XMP supported , IPTC Core supported.
Supports IPTC Extension
NO
Metadata values are synchronized: - see
Synchronizes IIM/Core values
comment
Profium Metadata Server:
- supports IIM metadata extraction,
- supports XMP metadata extraction,
Comments
- lets the user to update metadata on the
screen,
- storing the updated XMP metadata with the
photograph
Software vendor
Profium Ltd
Visit vendor's web site
http://www.profium.com
Information provided by the
2006-11-11
vendor on
RoboFolder
Product version
1.1
Windows: 98 to Vista
Supported OS
Mac:
*ix:
Supports IIM
YES
Supports XMP and IPTC Core XMP supported , IPTC Core supported.
Supports IPTC Extension
NO
Metadata values are synchronized: from IIM to
Synchronizes IIM/Core values
IPTC Core only
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Software vendor
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Information provided by the
vendor on
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- Write info back to IPTC/NAA
- Write/Map IPTC/NAA fields to XMP of DNG
files.
PicaJet.com
http://www.picajet.com
2006-11-11
RoboImport
1.1
Windows: 98 to Vista
Supported OS
Mac:
*ix:
Supports IIM
YES
Supports XMP and IPTC Core XMP supported , IPTC Core supported.
Supports IPTC Extension
NO
Metadata values are synchronized: from IIM to
Synchronizes IIM/Core values
IPTC Core only
- Write info back to IPTC/NAA
Comments
- Write/Map IPTC/NAA fields to XMP of DNG files
Software vendor
PicaJet.com
Visit vendor's web site
http://www.picajet.com
Information provided by the
2006-11-11
vendor on
StockView
Product version 5.6
Windows:
Supported OS
Mac: OS X
*ix:
Supports IIM
YES
Supports XMP
XMP supported , IPTC Core supported.
and IPTC Core
Supports IPTC
NO
Extension
Synchronizes
Metadata values are synchronized: from IPTC Core to IIM
IIM/Core values only
This release adds the ability to read and write DNG files as
well as standard TIFF, JPEG, PSD... A user defined option
Comments
defaults to not overwriting copyright information. The
Windows version 5.5 remains limited to IIM, expect an
update in summer 2007.
Software vendor HindSight Ltd
Visit vendor's
http://HSLtd.us
web site
Information
provided by the 2007-03-08
vendor on
Third Light Image Management System - IMS
Product version
5.0
Windows: 2000, XP
Supported OS
Mac: OS X
*ix: Linux
Supports IIM
YES
Supports XMP and IPTC Core
XMP supported , IPTC Core supported.
Supports IPTC Extension
NO
Metadata values are synchronized: back and
Synchronizes IIM/Core values
forth
Comments
Web browser based solution
Software vendor
Third Light Ltd
Product version
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Information provided by the
vendor on
http://www.thirdlight.com
2006-11-16
ThumbsPlus
Product version
Supported OS
Supports IIM
Supports XMP and
IPTC Core
Supports IPTC
Extension
Synchronizes
IIM/Core values
Comments
7.0
Windows: 98 to Vista
Mac:
*ix:
YES
None of them
NO
Metadata values are synchronized: - no synchronization at
all
Expect XMP support and metadata synchronization in 2008.
ThumbsPlus includes a highly customizable batch editor
with automated keyword and comments synchronization.
Cerious Software, Inc.
Software vendor
Visit vendor's web
http://www.cerious.com
site
Information
provided by the
2006-11-14
vendor on
WebDAM
Product version 2.6
Windows:
Supported OS
Mac:
*ix:
Supports IIM
YES
Supports XMP
XMP supported , IPTC Core supported.
and IPTC Core
Supports IPTC
YES
Extension
Synchronizes
Metadata values are synchronized: back and forth
IIM/Core values
Supported browsers: Firefox 2+, Safari 2+, IE 6+. WebDAM
supports reading, writing, and advanced searching across
Comments
IPTC. WebDAM is an enterprise-scale SaaS digital asset
management solution with support for IPTC. meta-data
fields.
Software vendor WebDAM Solutions
Visit vendor's
http://www.webdamsolutions.com
web site
Information
provided by the 2009-07-29
vendor on
Xinet
Product version 8.0
Windows: All recent
Supported OS
Mac: OS X
*ix: Linux, Sun Solaris, Altix, IRIX
Supports IIM
YES
Supports XMP
XMP supported , IPTC Core supported.
and IPTC Core
Supports IPTC
NO
Extension
Synchronizes
Metadata values are synchronized: back and forth
IIM/Core values
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Software comes with standard IPTC and XMP support.
Additional metadata fields, including custom XMP fields, can
Comments
be added via the software's administration interface. More
information on Xinet's metadata support is available on
Xinet's website.
Software vendor Xinet Inc.
Visit vendor's
http://www.xinet.com
web site
Information
provided by the 2008-10-17
vendor on
XnView
Product version
1.82.4
Windows: All recent
Supported OS
Mac: OS X 10.4
*ix: Linux, FreeBSD
Supports IIM
YES
Supports XMP and IPTC Core None of them
Supports IPTC Extension
NO
Metadata values are synchronized: - no
Synchronizes IIM/Core values
synchronization at all
Comments
Software vendor
GOUGELET
Visit vendor's web site
http://www.xnview.com
Information provided by the
2006-11-11
vendor on
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