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Title: An industry group tries to sort out metadata for photos
Post by: JimH on September 24, 2008, 10:43:39 am

From CNET:

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It's a boon that digital photos can incorporate textual information, leaving behind some film-era complications, such as having to separately record a photo's caption or copyright status.  But there are some problems handling this so-called metadata, and now Canon, Adobe Systems, Apple, Microsoft, Sony, and Nokia have banded together to solve some of them.

The companies have formed the Metatdata Working Group and released a first set of guidelines that attempts to standardize some issues that can crop up as metadata travels from cameras to computers, software, and Web sites. On Wednesday, the group announced its work at the Photokina camera show in Germany.

Full article (http://news.cnet.com/8301-13580_3-10049687-39.html?tag=newsEditorsPicksArea.0)

Title: An industry group tries to sort out metadata for photos
Post by: krosenqu on April 05, 2009, 02:30:31 pm

Thanks for that link!  The link on the cnet page definately helps to understand what each metadata standard is and how and when to use them.  Thanks again!