The best aide-memoire for this is:
http://www.embeddedmetadata.org/social-media-test-results.php
(Hideous logo aside. Not sure what the IPTC were thinking there).
Jo
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From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Mike Ellis
Sent: 04 June 2015 10:34
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Subject: [MCG] IPTC / EXIF
Hi all
Does anyone bother embedding museumy IPTC / EXIF data into (collections) images as part of their digitisation workflow?
If so, why? I'd suspect that a "so that people knew where the image came from" reason may be one - but in reality do people actually _know_ about this data in order to get back to the source organisation? Or are tools like Google "upload an image" search or TinEye actually more used?
Also - given that there is evidence that almost all social media sites strip out some or all of this data, is it still worthwhile?
(http://www.controlledvocabulary.com/socialmedia/)
cheers!
Mike
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