Printing both tag names and (translated) descriptions?

Started by Henrik, March 14, 2011, 04:53:09 PM

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Henrik

Is there a simple way to print both tag names and (translated) descriptions? I'm a contributor to ResourceSpace (DAM) and I am focusing on translation issues. I would like to print a report for a chosen file in the following format:
Group name (not translated), tag name (not translated), translated tag description, translated value

Is this possible?

Best regards,
Henrik

PS Thanks for a great application!

Phil Harvey

Hi Henrik,

While this doesn't do exactly what you requested, you can list the entire ExifTool database for all tags or any specific group:

exiftool -listx [-GROUP:all]

This gives you the information you wanted in RDF/XML format.

- Phil
...where DIR is the name of a directory/folder containing the images.  On Mac/Linux, use single quotes (') instead of double quotes (") around arguments containing a dollar sign ($).

Henrik

Thanks for your quick answer!

I think it could be useful with a list on the format below in other situations as well (e.g. in command line interface):
group names      tag names      translated tag descriptions      translated values

Could you consider adding this possibility?

Phil Harvey

Hi Henrik,

Honestly, I can't see anyone but you ever using this feature.  For specialized outputs like this it is always possible to write your own Perl script and use the ExifTool API.

- Phil
...where DIR is the name of a directory/folder containing the images.  On Mac/Linux, use single quotes (') instead of double quotes (") around arguments containing a dollar sign ($).