How can I export XMP/IPTC metadata to a spreadsheet for website import?

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I have a large photo library cataloged in Expression Media, with captions and other metadata stored in IPTC/XMP sidecar files. For a website project, I need to move selected metadata fields into a spreadsheet format such as CSV so I can import them into the site. Is there a practical way to automate extracting XMP/IPTC data into a spreadsheet?

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Try Phil Harvey's exiftool, which can extract not just Exif data but a lot of other data formats from image files.

Download exiftool from http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/

Note the XMP documentation on http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/TagNames/XMP.html

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Yes. A common way to extract XMP/IPTC metadata is with ExifTool, which can read XMP and many other metadata formats from image files. It’s powerful, but it is command-line based.

If you already use Expression Media, the simplest solution from the answers is to use its built-in export feature: under Make, choose Text Data File, then select the metadata fields you want. Expression Media can output the results as .txt or .csv, which you can then import into your website or spreadsheet software.

So the practical options are:

ExifTool for flexible metadata extraction from files/sidecars
Expression Media’s Text Data File export for an easier CSV/TXT workflow

How can I export XMP/IPTC metadata to a spreadsheet for website import?

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