What you're describing is a distinct possibility. If we were to move to storing metadata in a sidecar file, you're right, there's nothing saying we couldn't store the metadata (all or a subset of it) in the master file as well.
-- Jim On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 9:31 PM, schievelbein <[email protected]>wrote: > > So my question is; Why not do both? > If you store the IPTC data in the file if format supports and then write > the > same data to the XMP file, you will have the speed of reading the XMP for > the initial view, plus the portability of the IPTC data. If you add a > 'Syncronize button, those of use that do a lot of file transferring and > manipulation of tags can make sure they are in alignment on a regular > basis. > > I am using Shotwell for genealogy photos for over 30,000 people in my > database. Many of the picture have many tags and I regularly export them > out to DVDs for other people to view and use. If we can get these tags all > figured out and working with GRAMPS, we will have a solution that the > Windows people could only dream of. > -- > View this message in context: > http://shotwell.3510.www.nabble.com/Shotwell-Shotwell-over-NFS-shared-access-tp22144p23884.html > Sent from the Shotwell mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > _______________________________________________ > Shotwell mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.yorba.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/shotwell > _______________________________________________ Shotwell mailing list [email protected] http://lists.yorba.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/shotwell
