The Exiv2 library is made up of all elements defined in the Exiv2 namespace. The Action and Util namespaces are only used by the -Exiv2 command line utility. Thus, to learn about the library, concentrate on +Exiv2 command line utility. Thus, to learn about the library, focus on the members of the Exiv2 namespace.
The top-level class of the Exiv2 library is +Exiv2::Image + +(don't let the components diagram below mislead you). Exiv2::Image +defines the interface to access various image metadata. Derived from +Exiv2::Image are the implementations of different image formats. +However, the only image format currently supported is Jpeg. Most +applications will use +Exiv2::ImageFactory +to access images in files or memory, in which case the image format +is transparent to them.
+ +Metadata is manipulated through the classes
+Exiv2::ExifData
and Exiv2::IptcData
-are the top-level classes of the Exiv2 library. They hold a container
+of the Exiv2 library. They hold a container
of Exif and Iptc metadata, respectively, and define related methods to
access and manipulate the metadata. The containers hold objects derived from
Exiv2::Metadatum.
diff --git a/src/doxygen.hpp b/src/doxygen.hpp
index a790c6b9..e98eb6cc 100644
--- a/src/doxygen.hpp
+++ b/src/doxygen.hpp
@@ -8,38 +8,32 @@
@date 07-Feb-04, ahu: created
*/
/*!
- @mainpage Exif and Iptc metadata manipulation library and tools v0.6.2
+ @mainpage Exif and Iptc metadata manipulation library and tools v0.7
@section overview Exiv2 Overview
+
+ %Exiv2 comprises of a C++ library and a command line utility to access image
+ metadata. %Exiv2 is free software.
- Exiv2 is a C++ library that provides
- - read and write access to the Exif and Iptc IIM metadata of an image
- through %Exiv2 keys and standard C++ iterators
- - Exif MakerNote support:
- - MakerNote tags can be accessed just like any other metadata
- - a sophisticated write algorithm avoids corrupting the MakerNote:
-
1) the MakerNote is not re-located if possible, and
-
2) MakerNote IFD offsets are re-calculated if the MakerNote
- needs to be moved (for known IFD MakerNotes)
- - new camera make/model specific MakerNotes can be added to the library
- with minimum effort in OO-fashion (by subclassing MakerNote or IfdMakerNote)
+ The %Exiv2 library provides
+ - full read and write access to the Exif and Iptc metadata of an image through
+ %Exiv2 keys and standard C++ iterators
+ - a smart Iptc implementation that does not effect data that programs like
+ Photoshop store in the same image segment
+ - Exif %MakerNote support:
+ - %MakerNote tags can be accessed just like any other Exif metadata
+ - a sophisticated write algorithm avoids corrupting the %MakerNote:
+
1) the %MakerNote is not re-located if possible at all, and
+
2) %MakerNote %Ifd offsets are re-calculated if the
+ %MakerNote needs to be moved (for known %Ifd %MakerNotes)
+ - new camera make/model specific %MakerNotes can be added to the library with
+ minimum effort in OO-fashion (by subclassing %MakerNote or %IfdMakerNote)
+ - extract and delete methods for Exif thumbnails (both, Jpeg and Tiff thumbnails)
- set methods for Exif thumbnails (Jpeg only, Tiff thumbnails can be set from
individual tags)
- - extract and delete methods for Exif thumbnails (both, JPEG and TIFF thumbnails)
- - Doxygen API documentation
- - generic lower-level classes to access IFD (Image File Directory) data structures
-
- %Exiv2 is also a command line program to
- - print the Exif metadata of JPEG images (as summary info, interpreted values, or
- the plain data for each tag)
- - print the Iptc metadata of JPEG images
- - print the Jpeg comment of JPEG images
- - adjust the Exif timestamp (that's how it all started...)
- - rename Exif image files according to the Exif timestamp
- - extract Exif metadata, Iptc metadata and Jpeg comments from image files and
- insert it again
- - extract the thumbnail image embedded in the Exif metadata
- - delete the thumbnail or the complete Exif metadata from an image
+ - complete API documentation (by Doxygen)
+ - generic lower-level classes to access %Ifd (%Image File Directory) data
+ structures
@section getting-started Getting started
@@ -62,15 +56,22 @@
A summary of MakerNote structures with links to
publicly available specifications.
+ @section supp Support
+
+
There is now a + Yahoo! group for Exiv2 help and discussions.
+Join the group to post and receive messages or use exiv2user/password to post anonymously. Bug reports can be submitted directly to the + +bug tracking system.
+ @section devel Development%Exiv2 is maintained in a publicly available subversion repository. - You can see a - live list with the latest commits to the repository, + There is a + live list with the latest commits to the repository, and you can - browse the source code online, access the - - bug tracking system and report bugs. + browse the source code online.
To check-out the current source code from the repository, you need a
To download the test data and test drivers for version 0.6.2 from
- the repository, change to your local exiv2-0.6.2 directory and use the
+ To download the test data and test drivers for version 0.7 from
+ the repository, change to your local exiv2-0.7 directory and use the
following command:
If you'd like to contribute code, please contact me.
diff --git a/src/exv_msvc.h b/src/exv_msvc.h
index 319bf0fa..0cfb3a2e 100644
--- a/src/exv_msvc.h
+++ b/src/exv_msvc.h
@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@
#define EXV_PACKAGE_NAME "Exiv2"
/* Define to the full name and version of this package. */
-#define EXV_PACKAGE_STRING "Exiv2 0.6.2"
+#define EXV_PACKAGE_STRING "Exiv2 0.7"
/* Define to the one symbol short name of this package. */
#define EXV_PACKAGE_TARNAME "exiv2"
/* Define to the version of this package. */
-#define EXV_PACKAGE_VERSION "0.6.2"
+#define EXV_PACKAGE_VERSION "0.7"
/* Define to `int' if