System.Author Photo Metadata Policy

The photo metadata policy for the System.Author property.

PKEY

PKEY_Author

Containers

JPEG, TIFF

Read-Only

No

Output PROPVARIANT Type

VT_VECTOR | VT_LPWSTR

Input PROPVARIANT Type

VT_VECTOR | VT_LPWSTR is preferred, but VT_LPWSTR is also accepted.

Conflict Resolution Policy

Values from different schemas are reconciled.

JPEG Policy

Read Paths

Order Path Disk Format
1 /app1/ifd/{ushort=315} ascii
2 /app13/irb/8bimiptc/iptc/by-line
3 /xmp/<xmpseq>dc:creator unicode
4 /app13/irb/8bimiptc/iptc/by-line
5 /app1/ifd/{ushort=40093} unicode_bytes
6 /xmp/tiff:artist unicode

 

Write Paths

Order Path Disk Format
1 /xmp/<xmpseq>dc:creator unicode
2 /xmp/tiff:artist unicode
3 /app13/irb/8bimiptc/iptc/by-line
4 /app1/ifd/{ushort=315} ascii
5 /app1/ifd/{ushort=40093} unicode_bytes

 

Remove Paths

Order Path
1 /xmp/dc:creator
2 /xmp/tiff:artist
3 /app13/irb/8bimiptc/iptc/by-line
4 /app1/ifd/{ushort=315}
5 /app1/ifd/{ushort=40093}

 

TIFF Policy

Read Paths

Order Path Disk Format
1 /ifd/{ushort=315} ascii
2 /ifd/iptc/by-line
3 /ifd/xmp/<xmpseq>dc:creator unicode
4 /ifd/iptc/by-line
5 /ifd/{ushort=40093} unicode_bytes
6 /ifd/irb/8bimiptc/iptc/by-line
7 /ifd/xmp/tiff:artist unicode

 

Write Paths

Order Path Disk Format
1 /ifd/xmp/<xmpseq>dc:creator unicode
2 /ifd/xmp/tiff:artist unicode
3 /ifd/iptc/by-line
4 /ifd/{ushort=315} ascii_vector
5 /ifd/{ushort=40093} unicode_bytes
6 /ifd/iptc/by-line

 

Remove Paths

Order Path
1 /ifd/xmp/dc:creator
2 /ifd/xmp/tiff:artist
3 /ifd/iptc/by-line
4 /ifd/irb/8bimiptc/iptc/by-line
5 /ifd/{ushort=315}
6 /ifd/{ushort=40093}

 

Remarks

System.Author