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Old December 28th 17, 11:23 PM posted to comp.sys.mac.system,alt.windows7.general,comp.sys.mac.apps
Diesel
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Default Can a Macintosh person tell us how to change the name of a file?

Wolf K Tue,
19 Dec 2017 01:59:29 GMT in alt.windows7.general, wrote:

I repeat: The function of metadata, even in the limited sense in
which you guys insist on employing the term, is to indicate what
to do with the data (file) it's linked to (in whatever way it
happens to be linked, and whatever that data happens to be).


I partially disagree with you here. Metadata inside a jpeg for example
can also contain (and often does) details about the hardware which is
responsible for creating the file. In some cases, it even contains
long/lat coordinates to the location when the file was created.

Neither of which directly tells an image viewing app how to treat the
contents. Unless said app is going to try and show you where the place
is on a map.



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