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setPictureMetadata

setPictureMetadata ( *aPicture * : picture , metaName : string , metaContents : variable )

ParameterTypeDescription
aPicturepicturePicture whose metadata you want to set
metaNamestringName or path of block to set
metaContentsvariableMetadata contents

Description

The setPictureMetadata command lets you set or modify the contents of the metadata (or meta-tags) found in the picture (Qodly picture variable), when they are modifiable.

Metadata are additional information inserted into pictures. Qoldy lets you handle four types of standard metadata: EXIF, GPS, IPTC and TIFF.

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For a detailed description of these metadata types, you can consult the following documents: http://www.iptc.org/std/IIM/4.1/specification/IIMV4.1.pdf (IPTC) and http://exif.org/Exif2-2.PDF (TIFF, EXIF and GPS).

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Note

When all the metadata are handled via a DOM element reference, the tags are stored as attributes attached to an element (a child of the referenced element) whose name is the block name (TIFF, IPTC, etc.). When a specific metadata block is manipulated, the block tags are stored as attributes that are directly attached to the element referenced by the command.

See also

getPictureMetadata