I don't think the way the script works is reliable enough. It just uses a regexp to find where the xmp metadata is and adds some metadata to it. At least Adobe warns against this way. Also I don't think it works when the file does not yet contain any XMP metadata. But as I said, I know very little about XMP metadata.
Christiaan On 28 Aug 2007, at 9:36 PM, Daniele Pontillo wrote: > As I said in my previous email, I found on hubmed's website some > instructions to write XMP metadata on pdfs, specifically meant for > bibdesk. Nonetheless, this is far too complicated for the end-user. > 1. is this script reliable? > 2. is there any way to simplify the process? > Thanks > > Il giorno 28/ago/07, alle ore 21:01, Christiaan Hofman ha scritto: > >> That's really not an option. Those libraries don't do anything, the >> actual work is done Acrobat Pro. In other words, it only works when >> the user buys a far too expensive program. >> >> Christiaan >> >> On 8/28/07, Adam R. Maxwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: We could read >> XMP using Adobe's libraries, but writing it is not technically >> feasible, as Christiaan says. >> >> See <http://support.adobe.com/devsup/devsup.nsf/docs/52082.htm > >> for Adobe's commentary on this. Basically they say you should buy >> Acrobat to add XMP to PDF files. Ideally Apple would provide a >> PDFKit hook to add XMP metadata, so we should all file bug reports >> suggesting that. >> >> -- >> Adam >> >> On Tuesday, August 28, 2007, at 11:23AM, "Christiaan Hofman" >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> We've had this request before. There are several problems. One is >>> that we know next to nothing about XMP data. Another is that we >>> don't >>> change the PDF. It would require us to completely do the save >>> ourselves, which is really a lot of work which we won't be going >>> into. Moreover AFAIK there are no good libraries we could use to add >>> the metadata easily to a PDF. Jabref uses some Java libraries, but >>> they are programmed in Java. Those libraries are no option for us >>> (also for other reasons, I think they loose some other data). >>> Anyway, >>> the answer is, unfortunately, no. >>> >>> Christiaan >>> >>> On 28 Aug 2007, at 8:07 PM, Daniele Pontillo wrote: >>> >>>> Hello everybody. >>>> I just noticed that Jabref has a feature that could be very useful, >>>> ie writing XMP metadata on pdf files. >>>> Do you think this could be implemented on bibdesk? >>>> Thanks >>>> >>>> Daniele Pontillo >>>> Chief, Echo Lab, Cardiology, Belcolle Hospital >>>> Strada Sanmartinese, Viterbo, Italy 01100 >>>> Work: +39 0761 339424 >>>> Mobile: +39 3383734157 >>>> Home: +39 0761 834051 >>>> http://www.danpont.it >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> - >>>> --- >>>> This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. >>>> Still grepping through log files to find problems? 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