Again, editable metadata can be in the following carriers
- image file
- .xmp sidecar
- DPL database
- .dop sidecar
Proposal
- Any difference should be signaled
- Upon clicking on the signal, a window showing the difference(s) should open
- The user should chose, which source should be copied to the other carriers
Note: Mark the image file carrier as read-only as long as it cannot be written to.
The proposed functionality goes well beyond anything I’ve seen in other metadata aware applications and could give DxO a metadata feature that were at the height of DPL’s image tools. I’d still require better database maintenance functionality though.