Hi All,
I would very much appreciate it if the following function could be implemented in digiKam:

Tags (keywords) can be provided with a property or a marker, which has the effect that these tags are generally not stored in the image files/sidecar files, but are only available in the database

Reason:
Tags (keywords) are generally also very suitable for organizational purposes and for descriptions that are very useful for me as the creator of the images, but are of no use to other viewers and should not be used as search criteria.
If you use color markers for such purposes, you quickly reach your limits because you run out of colors very quickly.
Another reason is that some tags should not appear in the image files for privacy reasons and should therefore only be managed in the database.

The option of giving tags the “Private” property would solve this problem completely. It would also be conceivable that if a top level tag is marked as “Private”, the subordinate tags would automatically be assigned this property as well. This would be a simple way of creating a structure that enables internal organization, but which remains hidden from the external viewer for the reasons mentioned above.

Thanks for your interest.

Best regards, Roland