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Title: What are the "standard" or "right" settings for keywords?
Post by: lbo on April 05, 2019, 10:57:54 AM
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):

Quote from: Mario on March 04, 2019, 10:55:38 AM
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
Title: Re: What are the "standard" or "right" settings for keywords?
Post by: Mario on April 05, 2019, 02:33:05 PM
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 (https://www.photools.com/help/imatch/#rmh_config_metadata.htm)),. not the entire path or each segment of the path.
Title: Re: What are the "standard" or "right" settings for keywords?
Post by: lbo on April 05, 2019, 02:54:07 PM
Quote from: Mario on April 05, 2019, 02:33:05 PM
The help page says: "By default, IMatch writes the leaf keyword" (See: Metadata (https://www.photools.com/help/imatch/#rmh_config_metadata.htm)),. 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?
Title: Re: What are the "standard" or "right" settings for keywords?
Post by: Mario on April 05, 2019, 03:35:35 PM
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.
Title: Re: What are the "standard" or "right" settings for keywords?
Post by: Mario on April 05, 2019, 07:15:10 PM
Corrected the description in the help to match the current default settings (write hierarchical keywords on, write path elements on).