IPTC media metadata

A concise reference for IPTC fields, XMP representations, and preservation limits.

Definition

IPTC standards define widely used descriptive, rights, and administrative metadata for news and creative media.

Example

Creator, credit, headline, description, rights, and keywords may be represented in legacy IIM records, XMP, or both.

How to inspect

Media Inspector identifies supported IPTC-bearing segments and reports values when the parser can decode them safely.

How this product uses it

Compliance metadata is merged independently. Unrelated metadata is preserved where the format-level writer can do so safely.

Limitations

IPTC support is not identical across tools; legacy fields and XMP equivalents may diverge.