multiple keyword separators

cycleman · October 1, 2008

I've just read through a rather extensive discussion in DGrin on using "" to separate multiple keywords like "macro photography" in SMug when a lot of the IPTC software uses either , or ;. my question is, is this still the case - SMug absolutely requires the use of "" to separate keywords or else they won't be separated (or maybe even recognized)?

the 2d part of this question is: if I insert the "" in my IPTC software (I have several choices, Lightroom, ACDSee pro, bridge, PShop, etc) and the software accepts it as such, what happens to those keywords if they're posted on a non-SMug website (like I have another website with another hosting service) - does the Web and the search engines recognize and honor the "" separator or would I have to go back and change everything around?

thanks.:clap

dick louderman

darryl · October 1, 2008

cycleman wrote:

I've just read through a rather extensive discussion in DGrin on using "" to separate multiple keywords like "macro photography" in SMug when a lot of the IPTC software uses either , or ;. my question is, is this still the case - SMug absolutely requires the use of "" to separate keywords or else they won't be separated (or maybe even recognized)?

the 2d part of this question is: if I insert the "" in my IPTC software (I have several choices, Lightroom, ACDSee pro, bridge, PShop, etc) and the software accepts it as such, what happens to those keywords if they're posted on a non-SMug website (like I have another website with another hosting service) - does the Web and the search engines recognize and honor the "" separator or would I have to go back and change everything around?

thanks.

dick louderman

Dgrin respects semi-colons. And it's easy enough to test. Just add the following keywords to one of your uploaded photos:

macro photography; flower;

If you only had "macro photography" as a keyword, you'd use:

macro photography;

One thing I found odd is that Picasa disallows spaces in their keywords. That's annoying.

cycleman · October 1, 2008

darryl wrote:
Dgrin respects semi-colons. And it's easy enough to test. Just add the following keywords to one of your uploaded photos:
macro photography; flower;
If you only had "macro photography" as a keyword, you'd use:
macro photography;
One thing I found odd is that Picasa disallows spaces in their keywords. That's annoying.

thanks! I tried setting these semicolons in Lightroom and then looked at the keywords in acdsee pro, didn't see the ;; because each KW was in a separate field, but the multiple word KWs were preserved; and I looked at them in CS2, where the ;; were preserved. it will be interesting to see if they survive uploading to SMug.

dick louderman

multiple keyword separators

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