Image files can have some meta-data embedded into the image file format. This meta-data can be stored in a number of standard formats. & digikam; can read meta-data in the EXIF format if it is present in the file. & digikam; can also write captions into the EXIF information. Writing captions to the EXIF section is limited to JPEG images for now (the exiv2 library is in development and will be extended to PNG and TIFF format metadata embedding in the near future).
Pildifailid võivad oma vormingusse salvestada ka teatud metaandmeid. Neid saab salvestada mitmes standardvormingus. & digikam; suudab lugeda EXIF- vormingus metaandmeid, kui neid peaks failis leiduma. & digikam; suudab ka kirjutada EXIF- infosse pealdisi. Pealdiste kirjutamine on praegu piiratud JPEG- piltidega (teeki exiv2 arendatakse ja juba lähitulevikus toetab see metaandmete põimimist ka PNG - ja TIFF- vormingus).