Hello dear users out there,

I recently added two new buttons to the tagging module, one to import and one 
to export the list of tags to Lightroom compatible text files. That should 
allow getting one of those vocabulary lists from the Internet and use it for 
tagging. You still have to be careful to not mistype a tag name, hit enter and 
assign that by accident (at least for now) but it's a first step.
So if you are in need of a system like that or want to try it, please do so 
and give feedback if anything doesn't work.

CAVEAT: Make a backup of your ~/.config/darktable/library.db first as this 
might 
very well create thousands of new tags that are not fun to manually delete 
afterwards.

What is currently missing is:

- explicit category support – not sure if there is anything special to do
- support for fixed order of tags (~ in the txt file)
- support for synonyms. It's a great thing but not possible with the current 
way darktable handles tags. I will definitely add that eventually but not for 
now.

Oh, and the quick tagging (ctrl-t) box should now also propose tags with the 
typed part anywhere but the start. So having a tag like "Animals|Mammals|Dog" 
and typing "dog" it should be in the list.

For reference and an idea where to get tag lists here is the commit message

commit 4129a3065732a47bb107fba52536f0d2119c8931
Author:     Tobias Ellinghaus <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Sun Sep 25 15:58:10 2016 +0200
Commit:     Tobias Ellinghaus <[email protected]>
CommitDate: Sun Sep 25 15:58:10 2016 +0200

    [tags] Allow to import/export tags
    
    This is useful when using a closed vocabulary for tagging images. A way
    to disable creating new tags is needed still, but this at least allows
    to get tags into dt.
    
    There are some free tag lists available on the internet, for example
    
    - Some CC-BY-SA licensed lists:
      https://lightroom-keyword-list-project.blogspot.de/
    - Not sure about the license:
      
http://workshops.bigsunphotography.com/news/28-free-lightroom-keyword-library-download
    
    Google might find more. Just make sure that the txt file uses the
    Lightroom format as described here:
    http://www.photo-keywords.com/keyword-list-format.php


Thanks
Tobias

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