Users Manual¶

This chapter describes how to use the extension from a user point of view.

Available fields¶

Overview of available fields in FAL¶
Field	Title	Type
title	Title	string
width	Width	integer
height	Height	integer
alternative	Alternative text or headline	string
description	Description	string
visible	Visible	0 or 1
status	Status	1 (OK) 2 (Pending) 3 (Under review)
keywords	Keywords	comma-separated list of strings
caption	Caption	string
creator_tool	Creator tool	string
download_name	Download name	string
creator	Creator	string
publisher	Publisher	string
source	Source	string
location_country	Country	string
location_region	Region	string
location_city	City	string
latitude	GPS latitude	floating point
longitude	GPS longitude	floating point
altitude	GPS altitude	integer (meters)
ranking	Ranking / Rating	integer (0-5)
content_creation	Content creation date	integer (timestamp)
content_modification	Content modification date	integer (timestamp)
note	Note	string
unit	Unit (for width/height)	"px" - pixels "cm" - centimeters "in" - inches "mm" - millimeters "m" - meters "p" - pica (1 pica = 12 points) "pt" - points (1 inch = 72 points)
duration	Duration of the movie/sound	integer (number of seconds)
color_space	Color space	"RGB" "sRGB" "CMYK" "CMY" "YUV" "grey" "indx" (indexed)
pages	Number of pages	integer
language	Language of the file	string

A headline is a brief publishable synopsis or summary of the contents of the photograph. Like a news story, the Headline should grab attention, and telegraph the content of the image to the audience. Headlines need to be succinct. leave the supporting narrative for the Description field. Do not, however, confuse the Headline term with the Title term.

description ¶

The Description field, often referred to as a "caption" is used to describe the who, what (and possibly where and when) and why of what is happening in the photograph. If there is a person or people in the image, this caption might include their names, and/or their role in the action that is taking place. If the image is of a location, then it should give information regarding the location. Don't forget to also include this same "geographical" information in the Geographical fields. The amount of detail you include will depend on the image and whether the image is documentary or conceptual. Typically, editorial images come with complete caption text, while advertising images may not.

keywords ¶

Enter keywords (terms or phrases) used to express the subject of the content seen in the photograph. Keywords may be free text (i.e. they are not required to be taken from a controlled vocabulary). You may enter any number of keywords, terms or phrases into this field, simply separate them with a comma or semi-colon.

Geographical fields ¶

According to the IPTC standards, the descriptions of geographic fields contained within the IPTC Core Image section did not clearly distinguish whether the value should be the actual location shown in the image, or the location where the photo was taken. Because most GPS systems, by default, indicate where the photographer was standing, the IPTC standard is now suggesting to use the fields City, Region and Country for the location "shown" in the image, whereas the latitude and longitude will logically be related to the position the photographer was standing.

location_country ¶

Enter the full name of the country pictured in the photograph. This field is at the first level of a top-down geographical hierarchy. The full name should be expressed as a verbal name and not as an ISO country code.

location_region ¶

Enter the name of the subregion of a country -- usually referred to as either a State or Province -- that is pictured in the image. Since the abbreviation for a State or Province may be unknown to those viewing your metadata internationally, consider using the full spelling of the name. Province/State is a the second level of a top-down geographical hierarchy.

location_city ¶

Enter the name of the city that is pictured in the image. If there is no city, consider using the name of the location shown in the image. This name could be the name of a specific area within a city (Manhattan) or the name of a well-known location (Pyramides of Giza) or (natural) monument outside a city (Grand Canyon). City is at the third level of a top-down geographical hierarchy.