This post summarizes some metadata file formats structures.
List of Metadata File Formats
Metadata formats:
- XMP
- IPTC
- Exif
XMP
Extended Metadata Platform (XMP) is published as the standard ISO 16684-1:2012.
IPTC
Information Interchange Model (IIM).
IPTC has been largely superseded by XMP.
Exif
Exif is the metadata format used internally by ExifTools application.
You can read more about ExifTool on this post.
General-purpose Tools to work with Metadata File Structures
Some general-purpose tools to work with metadata file structures:
- ExifTool
ExifTool
ExifTool is both a command-line and Lisp library to edit file metadata.
It is compatible with all the metadata formats featured on this post.
You can read more about ExifTool on this post.