User story:

As an editor, I want Magnolia to extract EXIF data from my image file during upload and populate asset properties with the data, so that I don't have to enter the same information again manually.

Business value

• Avoid redundant work
• Automate editorial work

Goals

• Extract EXIF metadata from asset files during import into the DAM.
• Populate Dublin Core asset metadata (properties) with the extracted values.

Resources:

• Standard EXIF tags https://www.exiv2.org/tags.html
• How to view EXIF data http://osxdaily.com/2015/06/17/view-exif-data-photos-mac-os-x/
• Example mapping between EXIF and Dublin Core elements https://docs.seneca.nl/Smartsite-Docs/Features-Modules/Add-On_Modules/Search_Engine_Optimization_(SEO)_Toolkit/Metadata/Writing_Metadata/Dublin_Core_and_Exif.html 
• Asset metadata in in Magnolia https://documentation.magnolia-cms.com/display/DOCS60/Managing+assets#Managingassets-Assetmetadata

Dev notes:

• java library to extract exif info: https://github.com/drewnoakes/metadata-extractor/

Outcome:

• Understand metadata for EXIF and delta with Mgnl properties  
• Create follow-up task to define the scope of implementation