little_exif

A little library for reading and writing EXIF data in pure Rust.

Useful links

This section lists useful resources to be used during development.

EXIF

• Description of EXIF file format (revision 1.4)
• EXIF 2.32 Specifications
• EXIF Tags
• Understanding and Reading Exif Data
• Exif explanation
• Metadata reference tables - Standard Exif Tags (exiv2)

PNG

• Structure of PNG files
• PNG Specifications
• PNG Specifications V1.2
• PNG - The Definitive Guide
• PNG Tags
• CRC example implementations (including Rust)

JPEG

• Format description

Compression

• DEFLATE/INFLATE
• Implementing zlib.decompress()
• zlib - Technical details
• An Explanation of the Deflate Algorithm
• PNG specifications referencing zlib

Related projects

• exifsd
• exif-rs