# Metadata Settings

&doc-using-setup-metadata-intro;

## Behavior Settings

The Behavior tab allows you to select what information &digikam; will write to the metadata and control how &digikam; will deal with this embedded information.

If the lazy synchronization is turned on &digikam; will only write metadata when user clicks on the Apply pending changes to metadata icon in the status bar or on exit.

## Sidecars Settings

The Sidecars tab allows user to control whether &digikam; will read/write from/to XMP sidecars or not. Filename for the sidecars set to ``filename`.`ext`.xmp`. For example, `image1.dng` will have a sidecar file named `image1.dng.xmp`.

## Rotation Settings

&doc-using-setup-metadata-rotation-ac;

## Views Settings

TODO

## Advanced Settings

The Advanced tab allows you to manage namespaces used by &digikam; to store and retrieve tags, ratings and comments. This functionality is often used by advanced users to synchronize metadata between different software. Please leave the default settings if you are not sure what to do here.