Community spotlight: EXIF search, a PhotoView addon, and an AI-assisted dev guide

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Most “photo features” are fluff.
This one is infrastructure. And it came straight from the community.

A huge shout-out to Paul (@paul43210) for delivering a full community hat-trick for ownCloud Infinite Scale (oCIS):

  1. EXIF metadata is now first-class in oCIS

Paul’s PR #11912 adds EXIF fields to the Bleve search index and includes them in WebDAV search (REPORT) responses.
That means photo metadata becomes searchable and actionable — not just something a UI might show one day.

This unlocks things like:
• timelines by capture date
• filters by camera make/model
• location-based browsing (where EXIF GPS is available)

:right_arrow: PR: feat(search): Add photo EXIF metadata to search index and WebDAV resultsFeature/photo metadata search by paul43210 · Pull Request #11912 · owncloud/ocis · GitHub

  1. A genuinely beautiful Photo web extension

In parallel, Paul also built ocis-photo-addon — a sleek PhotoView web extension for oCIS with:
• date grouping
• smart image filtering
• an opinionated “just browse photos” experience

:right_arrow: Addon: GitHub - paul43210/ocis-photo-addon: Photo view extension for ownCloud Infinite Scale - groups photos by date with image filtering

  1. And he documented the playbook so others can build like this

Paul also contributed our guide on AI-assisted development for oCIS web extensions, including MCP connector setup and a structured workflow that helps contributors go from idea → PR in a consistent way.

:right_arrow: Guide: Building oCIS Web Extensions with AI-Assisted Development | ownCloud

:clap: Thank you, Paul.
If you want to build your own web extension, the guide above is a great starting point — and we’d love to see what you create next.

Tags: Infinite Scale #ownCloud #OpenSource community #WebExtensions #EXIF #WebDAV #Search

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