Dec 9, 2011 · IPTC is the global standards body of the news media. We provide the technical foundation for the news ecosystem.

The IPTC Photo Metadata Standard is the most widely used standard to describe photos. It consists of two schemas – IPTC Core and IPTC Extension.

IPTC not only defines the standard for photo metadata, but also conducts research about how it is used in the real world. We examine metadata in commonly used software, social media …

Introduction This document is designed to familiarise photographers, photo editors and metadata managers with the use of the IPTC Photo Metadata Standard. It provides a short guideline on …

Both the IPTC Core and IPTC Extension schema specifications were released in a single document named “IPTC Photo Metadata Standard” in 2008 and have been updated or …

What is IPTC? The global standards body of the news media. We promote technical standards to improve exchange of information.

IPTC Standards Open standards for the news media Photo Metadata Recently Updated The global standard to describe pictures

For help with IPTC's Photo Metadata standards, view links to the IPTC Image Metadata Handbook, IPTC guidelines, and toolkits and forums.

IPTC is the global standards body of the news media. We provide the technical foundation for the news ecosystem.

Nov 10, 2025 · IPTC is the global standards body of the news media. We provide the technical foundation for the news ecosystem.