Re: Rhetorical Comment

I'll try to start a small explanation. I may be wrong, I'll let others 
correct me:

XMP is an optional part of the contents of an image file, designed to 
hold structured data. It is almost human-readable. An image file can 
have EXIF data and/or IPTC data and/or XMP data. XMP could contain a 
copy of the data contained in EXIF or IPTC, but it can also contain 
information neither EXIF nor IPTC can hold. XMP data can be put in a 
sidecar file.

A sidecar file is a file which contains data related to an image file. A 
sidecar file has the same name as the corresponding image file, but with 
a specific extension. For example, my first Canon camera automatically 
added a sidecar (with extension .thm) to each video to hold data which 
the .mov format could probably not contain.

-- 
Frédéric Da Vitoria


On 20/10/2025 19:22, NMH at STIC wrote:
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> I love reading through these questions, answers, and comments, but I 
> often realize how much of a rookie photographer/editor/software guru I am.
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> In spite of my age, I love learning new things, but some of these 
> discussions are seemingly very complex to me.
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> XMP
> Forks
> Imgur
> Sidecars
> Interpretations
> Etc.
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> Have a great week all.
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> As I said in the subject, rhetorical.
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> Norm in Texas
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