pngmeta - extract metadata from Portable Network Graphics (PNG) image files
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Description
The pngmeta filter outputs the metadata from Portable Network Graphics (PNG) format image files in one of
these formats:
1. Simple key: value
2. SOIF format (as used by the Harvest system, version 1.4).
As such it can be used as a Summarizer for the Harvest Essence system. It could also be used by
other indexers to extract data for indexing PNG images.
3. HTML page With each element as an element in a descriptive (DL) list
4. XML/RDF With each element as an RDF property on the source URI.
In the absence of options, the program operates as a filter, accepting input from stdin and sending
output to stdout. If a single file name is given, it is assumed to correspond to a PNG file, and is
processed.
Files
pngmeta executable
Format Options
--soif Format output using (Harvest) SOIF format. This is the default if the program is called
PngImage.sum.
--html Format output in HTML, with each field/value as an element in a descriptive (DL) list.
--xrdf Format output in RDF/XML, with each field/value as an element in an rdf:Description block inside
the outer rdf:RDF wrapper element. If an XMLRDFDATA field is found, it is assumed to be RDF/XML
content and is emitted in a second rdf:Description block.
Name
pngmeta - extract metadata from Portable Network Graphics (PNG) image files
Other Options
--all Output all the information about the image size, depth etc. even if not usually printed.
--quiet
Suppress the output of the banner for plain text output. --uriURI Set the URI that is used for
the SOIF and XML/RDF outputs. By default this will be the filename, or "stdin" if this is the
program is used as a filter.
--help Show a usage message
--version
Show the program and library versions
See Also
gif2png(1), libpng(3), pbm(1), pgm(1), pngcheck(1), pngtopnm(1), pnm(5), pnmgamma(1), pnmtopng(1), ptot(1), tiff2png(1), zlib(3) For information about Harvest and its SOIF format: http://harvest.cs.colorado.edu/ For PNGhttp://www.libpng.org/pub/png/ For libpnglibraryhttp://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.htmlhttp://libpng.sourceforge.net For zliblibraryhttp://www.zlib.net/
Synopsis
pngmeta [--soif] [--html] [--xrdf] [--all] [--quiet] [--uriURI] [filename]
