Using new iPhoto facilities with Aperture 2

I am new to Aperture 2 and, so far, have imported my old iPhoto library and done a bit of gentle rummaging to organise things. I've archived my old iPhoto library and removed it from my MacBook Pro. However, I now have iPhoto '09 and am eyeing the face-recognition and geotagging features.
Is there a simple way to utilise the features from within iPhoto without having to completely re-import the Aperture library? And, if so, will the tagging created in iPhoto be added to the metadata in Aperture? Maybe I'm asking too much.....

There is no integration between the products that would enable that, for now. No facial recognition in Aperture, and the metadata won't go from Aperture to iPhoto '09.
Some people here have posted enhancement requests asking for it... but there's no guarantee that Apple is reading these forums and taking down the feature requests. I'd recommend if you (like I...) want those features in Aperture, that you use Aperture's built-in "Send Feedback..." menu option.

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