Read metadata of placed image (CS4-Applescript)

Is it possible to read the metadata (description field, ...) of a placed image using CS4 & Applescript, and what is the syntax?
Thanks,
Peter

Hello all,
It looks like it has been a while since this thread was active, however I thought I'd give it a shot.
I'm trying to do the same thing as the OP. But specifically I'm trying to capture the InstanceID from the Media Management Schema.
xmlns:xmpMM="http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/"
            xmlns:stEvt="http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/sType/ResourceEvent#">
         <xmpMM:OriginalDocumentID>xmp.did:2C9BA0F20F2068118B12C50AA55392B0</xmpMM:OriginalDocumen tID>
         <xmpMM:DocumentID>xmp.did:2C9BA0F20F2068118B12C50AA55392B0</xmpMM:DocumentID>
         <xmpMM:InstanceID>xmp.iid:E324D45D2A2068118F62CC41CFB88906</xmpMM:InstanceID>
         <xmpMM:PreservedFileName>TKTKTKTK.dng</xmpMM:PreservedFileName>
I'm using Indesign CS5, and looking in the AppleScript Dictionary, I see:
get property v : Gets the XMP property value associated with the specified path.
get property link metadata
namespace text : The namespace of the property.
path text : The specified path.
→ text : The associated property value.
But, I can't work out the syntax. Any help would be appreciated.
My end goal is to harvest the Instance IDs and then form them into a search query for a DAM.
Many thanks.
-Andrew Mannone
EDIT: I figured out the syntax:
tell application "Adobe InDesign CS5"
          tell document 1
                    tell links
                              set linkInstanceIDList to get property link xmp namespace "http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/" path "InstanceID"
                    end tell
          end tell
end tell
Message was edited by: Andrew Mannone

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