Re: [Ginp-developers] Annotating pictures

[Brian B. <br...@Pi...>]

David... you seem to be sending your emails directly to me - can you 
send them via the ginp developers mailing list instead?

David kerber wrote:
> Brian Burch wrote:
>> David Kerber wrote:
>>  
>>> I am making progress on my updates to ginp, though I'm finding more 
>>> rough edges than I expected, particularly in the configuration 
>>> (Setup) updates.  However, I'll get that cleaned up and submitted 
>>> back when it's done.
>>>
>>> The other thing I want to work on is to get the picture annotation 
>>> (description) functions working.  For that, I obviously need a place 
>>> and method to store the information; is there one already defined, or 
>>> should I go ahead and develop one?  My first thought is an .xml file 
>>> in each picture folder, with the information stored there, but if you 
>>> have already defined one, or have a better idea, let me know.
>>>     
>>
>> Perhaps you have already noticed the creating of files called 
>> ginpfolder.xml in your subdirectories? You have to create this file 
>> manually to anchor the root and first level of your collection, but 
>> others are built automatically.
>>
>> I haven't investigated why these files are created, or how to get 
>> additional tags into them, but it certainly seems to be the best place 
>> to start your research.
>>   
> 
> I haven't seen that; just the .ginp folder under each main folder, which 
> holds the thumbnails.  The only .xml files I've seen are the main 
> ginp.xml configuration files; is that the one you're referring to?  I 
> considered putting this data in there, but felt that would overload the 
> file beyond its intended purpose, and that a separate picinfo (or 
> whatever) .xml file inside each collection's home folder would be more 
> logical.

Hmmm. I checked my production system. Some of the second (and third) 
level folders in my collection have a file called ginpfolder.xml, which 
is world readable. Others do not have one.

I presume having one of these files in each directory makes it a 
suitable repository for annotations to the images held in that folder.

I don't know what triggers its creation but there must be existing logic 
that you could adapt to your own needs.

I've attached a copy of one of mine. Don't get excited - the contents 
are very boring. I'm only mentioning it so you have some clues to use in 
your investigations.

Regards,

Brian