[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #7580: Use Exif description to autofill the caption

[WordPress Trac]

#7580: Use Exif description to autofill the caption
-----------------------------+-----------------------------
 Reporter:  mrmax            |       Owner:
     Type:  feature request  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  high             |   Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  Upload           |     Version:  2.6
 Severity:  normal           |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-patch      |     Focuses:
-----------------------------+-----------------------------

Comment (by RDall):

 The confusion regarding IPTC field import is due to
 the[[http://www.iptc.org/site/Photo_Metadata/IPTC_Core_&_Extension/|International
 Press Communication Council (IPTC) ]] calling the caption field a
 description field.
   “A textual description, including captions, of the item’s content,
 particularly used where the object is not text.”

 This explanation is page 13 of the IPTC Core Spec version 1 pdf
 http://www.iptc.org/std/photometadata/specification/IPTC-PhotoMetadata-
 201007_1.pdf

 So I am guessing when WordPress Core decided import the IPTC meta data
 they mapped the Description Field to Description (in WordPress) and thus
 we have this confusion.

 Most North American media organizations and some IPTC (or meta data)
 editors call this the caption field even though officially is called the
 Description field as it describes the photo.

 I'd put a +1 on making this change in the next release.

--
Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/7580#comment:10>
WordPress Trac <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/>
WordPress publishing platform