Custom 'SourceType' field name becomes 'Source Type' (space added by exiftool)

[JRocchio]

Struggling with this all morning. I need to have a custom field named "SourceType." I've defined it in my .ExifTool.config file (see below) but it appears that internally exiftool has used the capital T as a signal to insert a blank space in the name. The result is that the app I am importing my PDFs into won't pick up the metadata intended for it's 'SourceType' metadata property.

I feel I must be missing something about why this is happening...but what?

%Image::ExifTool::UserDefined = (
    'Image::ExifTool::XMP::pdfx' => {
        Books => { },
        Key => { },
        Album => { },
        Signature => { },
        SourceType => { },
        Duration => { },
        Year => { },
    },
    'Image::ExifTool::PDF::Info' => {
        Books => { List => 'string' },
        Key => { List => 'string' },
        Album => { List => 'string' },
        Signature => { List => 'string' },
        SourceType => { },
        Duration => { },
        Year => { },
    },
);
1;  #end

Result of applying this field to a PDF doc (using 'SourceTypeField' for the field's value):

[PDF]           Source Type                     : SourceTypeField
[XMP]           Source Type                     : SourceTypeField

[Phil Harvey]

See FAQ 2.

- Phil

[StarGeek]

Also see the -s (-short) option.

The result is that the app I am importing my PDFs into won't pick up the metadata intended for it's 'SourceType' metadata property.

Is this an app you've created or is it an already existing freeware/commercial app?  If the latter, then you're making the assumption that it can read your custom tag.  Programs are extremely unlikely to be able to read data that don't know about.

[JRocchio]

See FAQ 2.

Ah!, yes. with exiftool -a -G0 -s 210_TEST_Score_F_ListFields.pdf it shows as 'SourceType.' Thanks Phil.