IPTC-IIM
Definition
International Press Telecommunications Council Information Interchange Model: a legacy binary metadata standard embedded in JPEG APP13. Carries caption, credit, copyright, and editorial classification fields. Predates EXIF and XMP but still present in many images processed through news or stock-photo workflows.
Related terms
- EXIF
- Exchangeable Image File Format: a binary metadata standard defined in the IFF/TIFF structure embedded in JPEG APP1 segment and TIFF file headers....
- Makernote
- EXIF tag 0x927C: a manufacturer-defined metadata block whose internal structure is proprietary. Each camera brand and model family stores different fields. Makernotes...
- moov atom
- The master index atom in an MP4 or MOV file. Contains all track sample tables, timing information, creation and modification timestamps, and...
- RIFF chunk
- Resource Interchange File Format: the container structure used by WAV and AVI files. A hierarchy of typed chunks, each with a four-character...
- XMP
- Extensible Metadata Platform: Adobe's XML-based metadata container embedded as a text packet in image files. Can carry all standard EXIF and IPTC...
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- Metadata, EXIF, and File-Structure ForensicsInternational Press Telecommunications Council Information Interchange Model: a legacy binary metadata standard embedded in JPEG APP13. Carries caption, credit...