Controlled IPTC Vocabulary

[JohnFredC]

Apparently there is a movement in the IPTC community to standardize keywords and some other metadata.

Go here to read more about it.

Very interesting and I think applicable to future directions XnView might take in support of IPTC.

[xnview]

Thanks, i'll check

[XnTriq]

See also topic “Controlled Vocabulary” with links to threads where this has been discussed with respect to XnView.

[JohnFredC]

See also topic “Controlled Vocabulary” with links to threads where this has been discussed with in to XnView.

Jeez. This is exactly why I am not the Librarian...

So sorry. Perhaps this thread could be deleted?

[XnTriq]

So sorry. Perhaps this thread could be deleted?

Hey, I wasn't complaining! I'm glad you bring this issue back onto the table, John.

[xnview]

I've contacted the author of http://controlledvocabulary.com, do you think that you'll purchase the license if i add it...

[JohnFredC]

I probably would not purchase a license. My personal interest isn't in the specific vocabulary itself but rather in the best methods for storing keywords in images, more in line with my post here.

[xnview]

I probably would not purchase a license. My personal interest isn't in the specific vocabulary itself but rather in the best methods for storing keywords in images, more in line with my post here.

Ok, so a hierarchical keyword right?

[rra]

Pierre,

if you have access to Adobe Bridge CS3, version 2.1.1.9 ,
you can see that Abode also switched to
hierarchical keyword .
It works very well and intuitive.
In earlier versions of Bridge CS3
they used a linear keyword approach
which gets cluttered very quickly.

René

[JohnFredC]

Yes, hierarchical

[xnview]

Yes, hierarchical

Ok, so like categories?

[Olivier_G]

Ok, so a hierarchical keyword right?

Oh... I love that! (Yes, I know XnTriq... you already listed it... )

My idea at that time was to synchronize something like the categories (cf. "internal DB") with images' metadata (ie: standard and decentralized).

I believe XMP is the way to go, with a standardized way to implement hierarchical categories.

[rra]

I totally agree,

and XMP is what Vista and Adobe use for their metadata.

In Adobe Bridge you have standard catagories of items, placed
in a hierarchic way, but you can ofcourse edit or add your own ones.
E.g.
I use the catagory "places" ,
with hierarchy countries/cities/streets .

Works prfect for me, Bridge also reads XMP data from Vista OS
into its catagories.

René