Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist * Package name : libimage-iptcinfo-perl Version : 1.8 Upstream Author : Josh Carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://multipart-mixed.com/photo/iptc.html * License : Perl Description : Perl extension for reading and writing IPTC image meta-data
Ever wish you could add information to your photos like a caption, the place you took it, the date, and perhaps even keywords and categories? You already can. The International Press Telecommunications Council (IPTC) defines a format for exchanging meta-information in news content, and that includes photographs. You can embed all kinds of information in your images. The trick is putting it to use. That's where this IPTCInfo Perl module comes into play. You can embed information using many programs, and IPTCInfo will let your web server -- and other automated server programs -- pull it back out. You can use the information directly in Perl programs, export it to XML, or even export SQL statements ready to be fed into a database. This is being packaged primarily because MaPiVi (being ITP'ed separately) depends on it. Note that version 1.9 was released today (details at <http://search.cpan.org/~jcarter/Image-IPTCInfo-1.9/>), though it doesn't seem possible to download yet. Rene Weber
