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  • From: Mike Linksvayer <ml AT creativecommons.org>
  • To: cc-metadata AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: PDF metadata---How and can XMP be done in free software?
  • Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 21:24:49 -0700

James Howison wrote:
I working on a project to put citation metadata into academic pdfs (to help me manage the pdfs that I download). The basic idea is, "Why can't I manage academic PDFs the way I manage MP3s?".

I'm blogging about this here: http://shangorilla.syr.edu/themp/

Good idea.

How are you planning on getting CC licences into PDFs?

Yes.

Are you planning on using XMP?

Yes.

What open source libraries or tools are you planning on using to do it?

As you've noted, none exist. We will publish a spec for embedding CC licenses using XMP, but initially you'll need to use Adobe's proprietary software to do embed an XMP packet in the first place.

I hope that someone creates an open source library that makes it easy for other applications to manipulate and insert XMP packets into PDFs. You do too. Sorry to disappoint...

Anyone interested in details, read <http://support.adobe.com/devsup/devsup.nsf/docs/52016.htm>.

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Mike Linksvayer
http://creativecommons.org/learn/aboutus/people#21





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