Xap rating metadata lightroom bridge cs2

Is there anyone out there who can tell me why the xap metadata is written so differently in lightroom jpegs as compared to bridge CS2?
I've had writtena feature on my dynamic gallery on my website that reads the xap rating in bridge-produced jpegs, but doesn't work with lightroom produced ones. When I read the metadata from the 2, the structure was totally different. I dont suppose anyone from the development team would care to tell us how lightroom and bridge CS2 read the different xap structures - it would give me a clue how to re-write the function on my website.
Also are there plans to make the current structure standard? Does bridge CS3 for instance produce jpegs with the same structure in the metadata?
Thanks!

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Just upgraded to Creative Cloud from elements 9 where images are stored in Organizer. How do I bring them into Creative Cloud and should I download them to Lightroom, Bridge, or Photoshop itself? Any suggestions?

lawrencer72634146 a écrit:
Just upgraded to Creative Cloud from elements 9 where images are stored in Organizer. How do I bring them into Creative Cloud and should I download them to Lightroom, Bridge, or Photoshop itself? Any suggestions?
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