Posted on 2024-11-06

Exif Metadata Key Fields For Exifgal

Artist - image creator
Photographer - a more specific Artist key field
Copyright - Copyright information (and license)
DateTime - creation date and time of image
DateTimeOriginal - may be better than DateTime for creation date
DocumentName - the document from which this image was scanned
ImageDescription - the title of the image (and description)

The description of Copyright says to also include rights. I could also add a verification link to the rights. So.

Copyright by John Doe 1955, CC BY, https://verification.link
Created by Arthur Rackham 1917, Public Domain, https://gutenberg.link

I don't like overloading data fields but everything except the verification link is in the spec.

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Also available
XPTitle - title
XPComment - description/alt text
XPAuthor - artist name
XPKeywords - comma delimited tags
XPSubject - gallery collection (ties image to a specific gallery)

Is there a reason to use/not use the windows Keys listed above.

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GPSTimeStamp - could be read to find DateTime key field
GPSDateStamp - maybe even better that GPSTimeStamp