Certain XMP tags lost on subsequent update.

Posted on 2008-08-07 14:44:07-07 by clr
Certain XMP tags lost on subsequent update.
Hello Forum,

I have a new XMP schema installed. You can see the schema file here:
http://github.com/clr/astronomy_visualization_metadata_exiftool_profile/tree/master/.ExifTool_config

This schema is rather strange in that the tag names include periods; for example, there is a tag 'Spatial.Notes', etc. I noticed that I can set this tag using
exiftool -xmp-avm:Spatial.Notes="stuff" filename
and
exiftool -b -xmp filename | grep Spatial.Notes
shows that it properly updates the file. However, any subsequent update to the XMP will result in 'Spatial.Notes' disappearing.

I assume that this is a bug, since the behavior seems erratic. I would offer a solution, but I'm not too familiar with Perl. I hope I have properly described the issue.

Thanks!
-CLR
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