title: Read image XMP data in Python
body: <p>Can I use PIL, like in <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4764932/in-python-how-do-i-read-the-exif-data-for-an-image/4765242#4765242">this example</a>?</p>
  
  <p>I only need to <strong>read</strong> the data, and I'm looking for the easiest simplest way to do it <em>(I can't install <strong>pyexiv</strong>)</em>.</p>
  
  <p><strong>edit:</strong> I don't want to believe that the only way to do this is with some library (<a href="http://code.google.com/p/python-xmp-toolkit/" rel="noreferrer">python-xmp-toolkit</a>, <a href="http://tilloy.net/dev/pyexiv2/doc/release-0.3.0/index.html" rel="noreferrer">pyexiv2</a>, ...) that needs Exempi and Boost. There must be another option!</p>