Relevant metadata found will be incorporated into the image (or album object) see “Adobe XMP Specification" http://www.aiim.org/documents/standards/xmpspecification.pdf for xmp metadata description. This plugin attempts to map the xmp metadata to IPTC fields

If a sidecar file exists, it will take precedence (the image file will not be examined.) The sidecar file should reside in the same folder, have the same prefix name as the image (album), and the suffix ".xmp". Thus, the sidecar for <image>.jpg would be named <image>.xmp.

NOTE: dynamic albums have an ".alb" suffix. Append ".xmp" to that name so that the dynamic album sidecar would be named <album>.alb.xmp

There is one option for this plugin--to enable searching within the actual image file for an xmp block. This is disabled by default scanning image files can add considerably to the processing time.

All functions within this plugin are for internal use. The plugin does not present any theme interface.