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unity-lens-photos package

Search for photo using XMP metadata shows no results

Bug #1256286 reported by Alan Pater
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Bug Description

When searching via the Unity interface using terms that I know are embedded in to photos XMP metadata, Unity shows no results.

Here is part of the XMP metadata contained in the image, extracted using exiftool:

---- XMP-dc ----
Rights : CC
Type : StillImage
---- XMP-dwc ----
Event Habitat : Terra Firme
Occurrence Behavior : walking
Occurrence Establishment Means : native
Occurrence Individual Count : 1
Occurrence Individual ID : TBS-TT-0001
Occurrence Life Stage : adult
Occurrence Sex : female
Record Institution ID : Tiputini Biodiversity Station
Taxon Scientific Name : Tapirus terrestris
Taxon Vernacular Name : Tapir (en), Danta (es),
Dcterms Location Country : Ecuador

The image is attached.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: unity-lens-photos 0.9daily12.12.05-0ubuntu1
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-031100rc6-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.5
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Nov 29 06:59:58 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-08-17 (468 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha i386 (20120724.2)
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: unity-lens-photos
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-07-18 (133 days ago)

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Alan Pater (alan-pater) wrote :
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David Callé (davidc3) wrote :

Hi,
for speed reasons, metadata is not fully parsed and not available to the search for local photos. The only searchable tags are the one added (manually/automatically) in Shotwell.

On the bright side, this might be fixed for 14.04. Also, if you use the Flickr or Picasa integration for the lens, you can actually search via most metadata fields.

Changed in unity-lens-photos (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Alan Pater (alan-pater) wrote :

Cool, I look forward to seeing full support of XMP-dwc in 14.04.

In the meantime, I'll do some testing with Flickr & Picasa, to see if XMP-dwc data is preserved and searchable. And look into auto-tagging Shotwell.

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Alan Pater (alan-pater) wrote :

Recently I came across the Recoll Unity lens and it DOES index all the metadata (using exiftool) in my test images and I can then quickly search for those images in Unity.

I have not noticed any performance issues on my laptop using Recoll.

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