Translations:Ingebedde metadata bij foto's/11/en

Practical approach

When do you add metadata?

In order to prevent important information becoming lost, it is best to add metadata to a digital photo file as soon as possible. Archiving digital photos presents a good opportunity to check what metadata is already embedded with the photo and what information you still need to describe the photo further (see also the Create an access pass and describe your archive article). Photos that originate from a digital source mostly already contain embedded (technical) metadata, which can be added to with details about the content. Technical metadata for digital photos is usually created automatically and only needs to be verified, but you need to add metadata about the content yourself.