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Revision as of 22:21, 17 April 2006
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Creative Commons Metadata and Adobe Applications Help
Many Adobe applications* support embedding XMP metadata in files, most notably PDF documents. The Creative Commons licensing process offers an XMP template which may be used to mark documents with Creative Commons license information.
Note that a licensed PDF document should include a visible copyright notice as described in how to tag works in addition to embedded metadata.
* Only Photoshop CS has been well tested. Problems have been reported getting Acrobat 6.0 to select downloaded XMP templates. Acrobat 5.0 does not support a UI for embedding XMP. Photoshop CS can embed XMP in PDFs via its file browser
Step 1: Choose a license
Click on "choose license" on most pages at creativecommons.org to visit the license selection application.
Step 2: Save XMP template
In the second step of the licensing process, see "To mark a PDF or other XMP-supported file, save this template following these instructions." Click on "save this template". You will be prompted to save a file. Under Windows save it to
C:\Documents and Settings\<em>{user}</em>\Application Data\Adobe\XMP\Metadata Templates
where {user} is replaced with your Windows username. Under OS X save the file to
/Users/{user}/Library/Application Support/Adobe/XMP/Metadata Templates
where {user} is replaced with your OS X short username. You will likely have to manually create the 'Metadata Templates' directory before saving.
Step 3: Mark Document
Within your Adobe application open the metadata panel while editing a file you want to mark (File|File Info in Photoshop). Using the fly-out menu in the upper right corner of the panel, choose the template you saved.
http://www.creativecommons.org/images/metadata/xmp-adobe-panel.png
In Acrobat 6, go to Advanced | Document Metadata, select the Advanced panel on the left, then click on replace and select the xmp text file that you downloaded.
Creative Commons license information will appear in the Description panel.
Step 4: Save and Publish
Save your file. If publishing on the web the page that links to your XMP-marked document should contain a license notice and metadata, which can be copied from the same licensing process.
Multiple Files
You can mark multiple files with the same license metadata using the file browser (File|Browse in Photoshop). Select the files you want to mark, then select the template you saved via the flyout menu in the metadata pane.
http://www.creativecommons.org/images/metadata/xmp-multiple.jpg
Creative Commons File Info Panel
Copyright information is displayed in the standard Description panel (see screenshot above). This may be supplemented by the Creative Commons Panel (copy all text in the box by following the previous link and saving to a directory named "Custom File Info Panels" peer to "Metadata Templates" above). This optional panel displays the copyright information available via the Description panel as well as a pointer to this page for help and a License URL, which may differ from the Copyright Info URL (see advanced usage).
http://www.creativecommons.org/images/metadata/xmp-cc-panel.png
The XMP logo is either a registered trademark or trademark of the Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries.