IPTC Artwork or object - Physical description

Dear ADOBE Community

To utilize the possibilities within the IPTC Digital Source Type the GLAM (galleries, libraries, archives, and museums) imaging community request implementing the field Artwork or object - Physical Description in Lightroom, Bridge and Photoshop.

This field describe the physical characteristics of the artwork or object in the picture and are used in combination with the Digital Source Type to define material type specific descriptions. As showed in the example this IPTC free-text filed can describe digitized photographic collections in-dept and avoid misinterpretation.

Information from IPTC about Physical description:

https://www.iptc.org/std/photometadata/specification/IPTC-PhotoMetadata#physical-description

From the left:

Digital Source Type: Digitised from a transparent negative

https://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/digitalsourcetype/negativeFilm

Physical Description: Fujicolor negative film 120 NHP 400

In the middle:

Digital Source Type: Digitised from a transparent positive

https://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/digitalsourcetype/positiveFilm

Physical Description: Fujichrome positive film 120 RAP 100

To the right:

Digital Source Type: Digitised from a non-transparent medium

https://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/digitalsourcetype/print

Physical Description: Colour print on photographic paper from KODAK, RA4 process