- From: Leif Halvard Silli <lhs@malform.no>
- Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:50:33 +0200
- To: public-html@w3.org
Lachlan Hunt 2008-08-27 23.43: > T.V Raman wrote: >> * Digital cameras produce EXIF metadata automatically. >> >> It would be advantageous to add a _img.getEXIFData()_ method >> that returns a JSON dictionary containing the EXIF data found >> at the value of attribute _src_. > > Why? What are the use cases for accessing this information? > [...] The EXIF data contains amongst other things the time and date the picture was taken. Even if Raman cannot see the motif of the image he took, he probably very often know at what time and date he took the picture, and can thus know what the photo is supposed to be. He could probably make use of that info when communicating about the image with others as well. And, in general, time and date is useful information for photos for everyone. The other info that EXIF provides, such as the camera used and so on, might not be very interesting (unless the photographer had several cameras etc etc). But nonetheless, I notic at my.opera.com, you provide EXIF info side by side of each photo. -- leif halvard silli
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