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  • From: Mike Linksvayer <ml AT creativecommons.org>
  • To: discussion of the Creative Commons Metadata work <cc-metadata AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Cc: "cc-devel AT lists.ibiblio.org" <cc-devel AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [cc-devel] [cc-metadata] Exif is dead, long live XMP
  • Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 12:49:52 -0700

On Thu, 2006-08-24 at 12:40 -0700, Kevin Marks wrote:
> On Aug 24, 2006, at 11:21 AM, Mike Linksvayer wrote:
> >
> > I'm thinking that because embedded video metadata practically does not
> > exist (note "practically") that rather than attempting to come up with
> > specs for CC embedding in every video format we help come up with specs
> > for XMP embedding in every format.
>
> Gah. QuickTime has had metadata embedding for 15 years at least. But it
> isn't widely used.

Yes, that's why I said 'note "practically"' -- it isn't widely used and
the UI access provided by the QT player is about the worst possible
(apart from none, which is more common).

> EXIF is.

True, but AFAICT almost entirely for technical metadata, e.g., time,
shutter speed, ... (I'm no photo geek, fill in).

> What is even more widely used is people creating metadata in HTML and
> linking to the files...

I absolutely agree this is the way to go. As I said in another post
recently I'd be happy if nobody ever used embedded metadata for
anything, but some people really want it.

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