Image::ExifTool::TagInfoXML(3)

NAME
Image::ExifTool::TagInfoXML - Read/write tag information XML database

DESCRIPTION
This module is used to generate an XML database from all ExifTool tag information. This database may then be edited and used to re-generate the localized tag information modules (Image::ExifTool::Lang::*).

METHODS

  Write
Print complete tag information database in XML format.

  # save list of all tags
  $success = Image::ExifTool::TagInfoXML::Write('dst.xml');

  # list all IPTC tags to console, including Flags
  Image::ExifTool::TagInfoXML::Write(undef, 'IPTC', Flags => 1);

  # write all EXIF Camera tags to file
  Image::ExifTool::TagInfoXML::Write($outfile, 'exif:camera');

Inputs:
    0) [optional] Output file name, or undef for console output.

    1) [optional] String of group names separated by colons to specify the group to print. A specific IFD may not be given as a group, since EXIF tags may be written to any IFD. Saves all groups if not specified.

    2) [optional] Hash of options values:

        Flags   - Set to output 'flags' attribute
        NoDesc  - Set to suppress output of descriptions

Return Value:
    True on success.

Sample XMP Output:

  <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
  <taginfo>

  <table name='XMP::dc' g0='XMP' g1='XMP-dc' g2='Other'>
   <desc lang='en'>XMP Dublin Core</desc>
   <tag id='title' name='Title' type='lang-alt' writable='true' g2='Image'>
    <desc lang='en'>Title</desc>
    <desc lang='de'>Titel</desc>
    <desc lang='fr'>Titre</desc>
   </tag>
   ...
  </table>

  </taginfo>

Flags (if selected and available) are formatted as a comma-separated list of the following possible values: Avoid, Binary, List, Mandatory, Permanent, Protected, Unknown and Unsafe. See the tag name documentation and lib/Image/ExifTool/README for a description of these flags. For XMP List tags, the list type (Alt, Bag or Seq) is also output as a flag if applicable.

  BuildLangModules
Build all Image::ExifTool::Lang modules from an XML database file.

    Image::ExifTool::TagInfoXML::BuildLangModules('src.xml');

Inputs:
    0) XML file name

Return Value:
    Number of modules updated, or negative on error.

AUTHOR
Copyright 2003-2009, Phil Harvey (phil at owl.phy.queensu.ca)

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

SEE ALSO
Image::ExifTool(3pm), Image::ExifTool::TagNames(3pm)