And yet we say the word, "metadata" and people say, "Ok, now you're talking over my head..."
"Metadata can provide descriptive information about a photo, such as its caption, title, author, how the image was taken, and legal information. Also, if you publish some of your work online, the metadata offers information regarding usage rights and acts as proof of ownership."
Metadata is essential whether you want to keep your photos organized or add copyright information.
People forget about metadata, and the data becomes useless.
"...data mining opt-out information embedded in the metadata of media files is an essential part of any opt-out solution." iptc.org/news/iptc-pl...
IPTC is the global standards body of the news media. We provide the technical foundation for the news ecosystem.
You can now see Flickr Commons photos on a map if they have location metadata. Here are our northernmost and southernmost images, both from the National Library of Norway. commons.flickr.org/map/