[Bug 1259375] [NEW] libimage-exiftool-perl 9.27 has important XMP metadata support

[Alan Pater]

Public bug reported:

libimage-exiftool-perl from the upcoming release includes significant
improvements in the types of XMP metadata it can read/write.

The specific XMP schema I am concerned with is Darwin Core (DWC). It was
included in exiftool since version 9.16.

I have installed the package from trusty on precise, it installed
without error and I was able to modify image metadata without any errors
as well. The package does not have any additional dependencies.

More info on exiftools support for DwC is here:
http://u88.n24.queensu.ca/exiftool/forum/index.php?topic=4442.0

As this is a LTS version offering 5 years of support, I feel it is
important that this critical functionality be available to the Precise
user base.

** Affects: precise-backports
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: dwc exiftool metadata precise

** Attachment added: "Sample Image with DwC metadata"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1259375/+attachment/3926437/+files/DwC-SampleImage.jpg

** Description changed:

  libimage-exiftool-perl from the upcoming release includes significant
  improvements in the types of XMP metadata it can read/write.
  
  The specific XMP schema I am concerned with is Darwin Core (DWC). It was
  included in exiftool since version 9.16.
  
  I have installed the package from trusty on precise, it installed
  without error and I was able to modify image metadata without any errors
- as well.
+ as well. The package does not have any additional dependencies.
  
  More info on exiftools support for DwC is here:
  http://u88.n24.queensu.ca/exiftool/forum/index.php?topic=4442.0
  
  As this is a LTS version offering 5 years of support, I feel it is
  important that this critical functionality be available to the Precise
  user base.

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  libimage-exiftool-perl 9.27 has important XMP metadata support

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