Tagging where my images have been uploaded

[maurovez]

Hi,
this is my first post, thanks for your application and useful job.

I would tag my photos adding where I've uploaded, usually on facebook, google photos, flickr: so the tag content will be something like https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=XXX, https://photos.google.com/u/0/photo/XXX, https://www.flickr.com/photos/XXX, ect.

Is there any specification to do that? I would avoid to set in tags as Keywords or Subject.

Thanks,
Mauro

[StarGeek]

Not really any tag to do that.  There's the URL tag, but I believe that's for a contact website, though you could use it for whatever you like.

Personally, I'm becoming a big fan of the HierarchicalSubject for miscellaneous metadata that doesn't have a specific tag, especially in any management program that can use it.  You could set up a Hierarchy like "Uploaded Photos|Facebook|URL, Uploaded Photos|Google Photos|URL, Uploaded Photos|Flickr|URL" and they would be grouped, but still separate from the rest of your keywords.

[maurovez]

Hi,
thanks for your reply.
Your solution could be a good idea.

Which editor do you use to see HierarchicalSubjetc?
In my mind I would click to the uploaded url in my picture metadata and go to the resource in website.

Thanks,
Mauro

[StarGeek]

Lightroom show HierarchicalSubject, as does Imatch 5.  Both are pricey though.  Unfortunately, I haven't taken the time to check if there were any free viewers or management programs that do support HierarchicalSubject.  I know these programs do not:

• Irfanview (no XMP support)
• Faststone (very limited metadata support, Exif only I think)
• Picasa (very limited metadata support, only a few IPTC and XMP tags)

After some checking, it looks like DigiKam might support HierarchicalSubject.

The downside is that Lightroom, Imatch, and DigiKam are management programs, not simple viewers.  I still haven't found a simple image viewer that has decent XMP support.

Another downside to these programs is that they probably will copy the final leaf tag of HierarchicalSubject to Keywords and Subject, which you didn't want.

[maurovez]

Hi StarGeek,
I appreciate your competence and the frank and honest answer.
Perhaps it lacking a simple manager of a link to a resource.

Mauro