Can't read ExifTool-created ACDSee categories in ACDSee

[mered35]

Hello,

I'm working towards automating the transfer of hierarchical XMP tags to ACDSee categories, but I've run into a problem in the early stages. I've been doing some experimenting, and I'm struggling to make ACDSee see the categories when they're created by ExifTool.

I have a file, test_file.jpg, which was originally tagged using XnView.

Running

exiftool -xmp -b test_file.jpg > test_file.xmp

gives this:

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<?xpacket begin="" id="W5M0MpCehiHzreSzNTczkc9d"?>
<x:xmpmeta xmlns:x="adobe:ns:meta/" x:xmptk="XMP Core 5.5.0">
   <rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#">
      <rdf:Description rdf:about=""
            xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
            xmlns:lr="http://ns.adobe.com/lightroom/1.0/">
         <dc:subject>
            <rdf:Bag>
               <rdf:li>France</rdf:li>
               <rdf:li>Post-processed</rdf:li>
               <rdf:li>Autumn</rdf:li>
            </rdf:Bag>
         </dc:subject>
         <lr:hierarchicalSubject>
            <rdf:Bag>
               <rdf:li>Country|France</rdf:li>
               <rdf:li>Other|Post-processed</rdf:li>
               <rdf:li>Subject|Autumn</rdf:li>
            </rdf:Bag>
         </lr:hierarchicalSubject>
      </rdf:Description>
   </rdf:RDF>
</x:xmpmeta>
<?xpacket end="w"?>

I make a copy of the file, and add the same categories manually to the ACDSee group (eventually I hope to automate this bit):

exiftool -xmp-acdsee:categories=exiftool -xmp-acdsee:categories="<Categories><Category Assigned=\"0\">Country<Category Assigned=\"1\">France</Category></Category><Category Assigned=\"0\">Other<Category Assigned=\"1\">Post-processed</Category></Category><Category Assigned=\"0\">Subject<Category Assigned=\"1\">Autumn</Category></Category></Categories>" test_file_exiftool.jpg

When I view this file in ACDSee, it doesn't appear to see these categories, yet they do exist in the file.

exiftool -xmp -b test_file_exiftool.jpg > added_with_exiftool.xmp

Gives:

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<?xpacket begin='' id='W5M0MpCehiHzreSzNTczkc9d'?>
<x:xmpmeta xmlns:x='adobe:ns:meta/' x:xmptk='Image::ExifTool 11.36'>
<rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf='http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#'>

 <rdf:Description rdf:about=''
  xmlns:acdsee='http://ns.acdsee.com/iptc/1.0/'>
  <acdsee:categories>&lt;Categories&gt;&lt;Category Assigned=&quot;0&quot;&gt;Country&lt;Category Assigned=&quot;1&quot;&gt;France&lt;/Category&gt;&lt;/Category&gt;&lt;Category Assigned=&quot;0&quot;&gt;Other&lt;Category Assigned=&quot;1&quot;&gt;Post-processed&lt;/Category&gt;&lt;/Category&gt;&lt;Category Assigned=&quot;0&quot;&gt;Subject&lt;Category Assigned=&quot;1&quot;&gt;Autumn&lt;/Category&gt;&lt;/Category&gt;&lt;/Categories&gt;</acdsee:categories>
 </rdf:Description>

 <rdf:Description rdf:about=''
  xmlns:dc='http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/'>
  <dc:subject>
   <rdf:Bag>
    <rdf:li>France</rdf:li>
    <rdf:li>Post-processed</rdf:li>
    <rdf:li>Autumn</rdf:li>
   </rdf:Bag>
  </dc:subject>
 </rdf:Description>

 <rdf:Description rdf:about=''
  xmlns:lr='http://ns.adobe.com/lightroom/1.0/'>
  <lr:hierarchicalSubject>
   <rdf:Bag>
    <rdf:li>Country|France</rdf:li>
    <rdf:li>Other|Post-processed</rdf:li>
    <rdf:li>Subject|Autumn</rdf:li>
   </rdf:Bag>
  </lr:hierarchicalSubject>
 </rdf:Description>
</rdf:RDF>
</x:xmpmeta>
<?xpacket end='w'?>

Then, I make another copy of the original file, go into ACDSee, and create the same tags manually.

exiftool -xmp -b test_file_acdsee.jpg > added_with_acdsee.xmp

gives me this:

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<?xpacket begin="" id="W5M0MpCehiHzreSzNTczkc9d"?>
<x:xmpmeta xmlns:x="adobe:ns:meta/" x:xmptk="XMP Core 5.5.0">
 <rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#">
  <rdf:Description rdf:about=""
    xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
    xmlns:lr="http://ns.adobe.com/lightroom/1.0/"
    xmlns:acdsee="http://ns.acdsee.com/iptc/1.0/"
    xmlns:xmp="http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/">
   <dc:subject>
    <rdf:Bag>
     <rdf:li>France</rdf:li>
     <rdf:li>Post-processed</rdf:li>
     <rdf:li>Autumn</rdf:li>
    </rdf:Bag>
   </dc:subject>
   <lr:hierarchicalSubject>
    <rdf:Bag>
     <rdf:li>Country|France</rdf:li>
     <rdf:li>Other|Post-processed</rdf:li>
     <rdf:li>Subject|Autumn</rdf:li>
    </rdf:Bag>
   </lr:hierarchicalSubject>
   <acdsee:caption/>
   <acdsee:datetime>2005-12-05T10:29:58.000</acdsee:datetime>
   <acdsee:author/>
   <acdsee:rating>0</acdsee:rating>
   <acdsee:notes/>
   <acdsee:tagged>False</acdsee:tagged>
   <acdsee:categories>&lt;Categories&gt;&lt;Category Assigned="0"&gt;Country&lt;Category Assigned="1"&gt;France&lt;/Category&gt;&lt;/Category&gt;&lt;Category Assigned="0"&gt;Other&lt;Category Assigned="1"&gt;Post-processed&lt;/Category&gt;&lt;/Category&gt;&lt;Category Assigned="0"&gt;Subject&lt;Category Assigned="1"&gt;Autumn&lt;/Category&gt;&lt;/Category&gt;&lt;/Categories&gt;</acdsee:categories>
   <acdsee:collections/>
   <xmp:Rating>0</xmp:Rating>
   <xmp:Label/>
  </rdf:Description>
 </rdf:RDF>
</x:xmpmeta>
<?xpacket end="w"?>

Could the different structures be causing the problem here? Happy to send the original file if it would help. Any thoughts very much appreciated.

[StarGeek]

Out of curiosity, what is the contents of the ACDSee Categories if you keep those three categories, but add another in the subject category, for example, Subject|Trees?

Just run exiftool -XMP-acdsee:Categories on the file and paste the output here.

This is giving me an idea for something that might help you.

But off hand, the fact that the ACDSee xmp uses double quotes instead of the quote entity &quot; might be a problem.

[mered35]

Out of curiosity, what is the contents of the ACDSee Categories if you keep those three categories, but add another in the subject category, for example, Subject|Trees?

Forgive me, but I'm not quite sure what you need—do you want me to add another subject using ACDSee or ExifTool? And to which file (either test_file_acdsee.jpg or test_file_exiftool.jpg)?

[Phil Harvey]

But off hand, the fact that the ACDSee xmp uses double quotes instead of the quote entity &quot; might be a problem.

If that is the problem then it is a bug in ACDSee.

I can't see any significant difference in the XMP between these files.  I think this is a question to ask of the ACDSee people.

- Phil