On Sun, 2007-07-08 at 17:13 -0400, Hubert Figuiere wrote: > Nathan R. Yergler wrote: > > On 7/6/07, Hubert Figuiere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Jason Kivlighn wrote: > >>>> Why .filename.xmp ? It should be basename.xmp (no dot > >>>> prepended) I don't know where this convention comes from but > >>>> definitely not the one from the current (non-free) > >>>> implementations. I'd rather wish we don't reinvent the wheel. > >>> Just to be clear, this means that for, say, file.jpg, the xmp > >>> sidecar would be at file.xmp (and not file.jpg.xmp)? > >> Yes. That's what it is. > > > > Is this a standard from the non-free implementations? > > That's what they do. > This is also what is said page 36 of the XMP spec. And I quote: > > "For applications that need to find external XMP files, look in the > same directory for a file with the same name as the main document but > with an .xmp extension. (This is called a sidecar XMP file.)" > > > > > It seems like this can only lead to more likely collisions in sidecar > > files (ie, what if I have "july4.jpg" and "july4.mpg" in the same > > folder?). > > Good point. The other thing is that said implementations don't use > sidecar for files that they know how to rewrite, as recomended in the > spec, also page 36. That means in your example none file will use a > sidecar. On the other hand, camera RAW do. And maybe other types. > > I'm not sure how to solve that problem, but I know that the namespace > "http://ns.adobe.com/photoshop/1.0/"; has a property SidecarForExtension > that designate the extension of the file the XMP sidecar refers to > (Adobe Bridge CS3 does set it). This property is not documented in the > specification. > > > Hub
What we need to do is start a list of these issues and bring them up with xmp product manager, which I can do. I am working to get an advisory group and/or w3c hookup for xmp to happen. Anyone want in? Jon > _______________________________________________ > cc-devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/cc-devel -- Jon Phillips San Francisco, CA USA PH 510.499.0894 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.rejon.org MSN, AIM, Yahoo Chat: kidproto Jabber Chat: [EMAIL PROTECTED] IRC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ cc-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/cc-devel
