What are the "standard" or "right" settings for keywords?

[lbo]

Hi,

sinus posted his settings one month ago: https://www.photools.com/community/index.php?topic=8859.msg62309#msg62309

These settings seem to be pretty close to what IMatch uses "out of the box" and therefore what I'm using.

But Mario answered (highlight added by me):

You write each part of the hierarchical keyword separately (non-standard).

I would appreciate an explanation what I overlooked to be wrong in sinus' settings. I want to avoid problems by using wrong settings.

Oliver

[Mario]

This depends on how you want your flat keywords to be. Totally up to you and depending on your workflow, keyword structure and tool chain.
The help page says: "By default, IMatch writes the leaf keyword" (See: Metadata),. not the entire path or each segment of the path.

[lbo]

The help page says: "By default, IMatch writes the leaf keyword" (See: Metadata),. not the entire path or each segment of the path.

The IMatch settings in my fresh install show "Write hierarchical keywords" and "Write path elements" both set. That's also what sinus presented in the thread I cited.

Do I just misunderstand the meaning?

[Mario]

If this is how IMatch comes up. I need to check what the current defaults are, I don't remember. I trust the help, generally. Maybe I have changed that in the past at some point and not updated the help? I don't know, this code is unchanged for many years. I shall investigate and update the help.

[Mario]

Corrected the description in the help to match the current default settings (write hierarchical keywords on, write path elements on).