XMP
Definition
Extensible Metadata Platform: Adobe's XML-based metadata container embedded as a text packet in image files. Can carry all standard EXIF and IPTC vocabularies plus custom namespaces. Editable by any text editor, making it the most easily altered metadata layer.
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....
- IPTC IIM
- International Press Telecommunications Council Information Interchange Model: a legacy binary metadata standard embedded in JPEG APP13. Carries caption, credit, copyright, and editorial...
- Makernote
- A proprietary EXIF sub-block written by the camera manufacturer to record device-specific data not covered by the EXIF standard. Canon, Nikon, Sony,...
- 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...
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- Metadata, EXIF, and File-Structure ForensicsExtensible Metadata Platform: Adobe's XML-based metadata container embedded as a text packet in image files. Can carry all standard EXIF and IPTC vocabularies...