Warning: [minor] Fixed incorrect URI for xmlns:MicrosoftPhoto side effect

[oozypal]

Hello,

I am using Digikam and Exiftools separately. Every time Digikam writes metadata to the image, exfitools complains with this error:

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Warning: [minor] Fixed incorrect URI for xmlns:MicrosoftPhoto

Ok. It is a minor error. But the side effect is my Category gets truncated to 3 letters. For example Travel become Tra. Family becomes Fam.

How can I make fix this error?
May I ask to help me to make Digikam behave and not to cause this error?

Thx

[StarGeek]

You don't give the command used or the actual location of your Category (see FAQ #3), but I suspect it's IPTC:Category.  If you check the IPTC Tag Page, you'll see that IPTC:Category has a limit of three characters.  As per the 3rd paragraph at the top of that page, add the -m (ignoreMinorErrors) option to override the character limit of the IPTC specs.

[oozypal]

I think the limitation has nothing to do with it.

This is the original output

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exiftool -category 20051107_173254.jpg
Category                        : Travel

After I went to DigiKam and I made simple change like adding a keyword then I did

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exiftool -category 20051107_173254.jpg
Category                        : Tra


If it was for the limitation, then why in the first place and before Digikam wrote the metadata to the file, the word Travel is in full?

At any rate, I am a newbie and I would appreciate it if you can help me with some command to troubleshoot the issue.

[Phil Harvey]

Try this command on both files:

exiftool -a -G1 -category FILE

I'm thinking that Category exists in both IPTC and XMP, and you are just looking at a different one after editing with Digikam.

IPTC has a 3-character limit, but XMP doesn't (and your minor warning was in the XMP, so I know the file contains XMP, even though the warning is unrelated).

- Phil

[oozypal]

 

You are right.

See attachment.

Now, the question to stop Digikam from messing up metadata

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Warning: [minor] Fixed incorrect URI for xmlns:MicrosoftPhoto