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Asked: 2026-05-12T12:29:28+00:00

I’m backing up my Flickr pics locally using a Perl script and the Net::Flickr::Backup

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I’m backing up my Flickr pics locally using a Perl script and the Net::Flickr::Backup module. This pulls down the original picture, a thumbnail, and the associated metadata (title, tags etc) in a RDF-XML file.

I’d like to extract a subset of this metadata so I can generate a “poor man’s Flickr” HTML page. This should display the thumbnail and a link to the larger version, along with selected metadata (title, tags, and the permissions set in Flickr).

I’d like to do this from the Unix command line, pointing it to a directory of files and getting a HTML document back.

What’s the best way to extract specific data from an RDF-XML file? The support in Perl seems a bit sketchy. I’m willing to try Python or Ruby if that’s easier to use for RDF spelunking.

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  1. Editorial Team

    If you have the RDF-XML then you can parse it using a XML CPAN modules like one of these:

    However you may want to look at Net::Flickr::RDF because it looks like it covers your requirement.

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