IPTC Core schema

This schema specifies the IPTC Core XMP properties.

Reference: "IPTC Core" Specification Version 1.2

Note: Exiv2 uses iptc (rather than Iptc4xmpCore) as the group name for keys of IPTC Core schema properties.

Property Label Value type Exiv2 type Category Description
AltTextAccessibility Alternative Text (Accessibility) Lang Alt LangAlt External A brief textual description of the purpose and meaning of an image that can be accessed by assistive technology or displayed when the image is disabled in the browser. It should not exceed 250 characters.
CreatorContactInfo Creator's Contact Info ContactInfo XmpText External The creator's contact information provides all necessary information to get in contact with the creator of this image and comprises a set of sub-properties for proper addressing.
CiAdrExtadr Contact Info: Address (deprecated) Text XmpText External Deprecated, use the CiAdrExtadr tag in ContactInfo struct instead. sub-key Creator Contact Info: address. Comprises an optional company name and all required information to locate the building or postbox to which mail should be sent.
CiAdrCity Contact Info-City (deprecated) Text XmpText External Deprecated, use the CiAdrCity tag in ContactInfo struct instead. sub-key Creator Contact Info: The contact information city part.
CiAdrRegion Contact Info-State/Province (deprecated) Text XmpText External Deprecated, use the CiAdrRegion tag in ContactInfo struct instead. sub-key Creator Contact Info: state or province.
CiAdrPcode Contact Info-Postal Code (deprecated) Text XmpText External Deprecated, use the CiAdrPcode tag in ContactInfo struct instead. sub-key Creator Contact Info: local postal code.
CiAdrCtry Contact Info-Country (deprecated) Text XmpText External Deprecated, use the CiAdrCtry tag in ContactInfo struct instead. sub-key Creator Contact Info: country.
CiEmailWork Contact Info-Email (deprecated) Text XmpText External Deprecated, use the CiEmailWork tag in ContactInfo struct instead. sub-key Creator Contact Info: email address.
CiTelWork Contact Info-Phone (deprecated) Text XmpText External Deprecated, use the CiTelWork tag in ContactInfo struct instead. sub-key Creator Contact Info: phone number.
CiUrlWork Contact Info-Web URL (deprecated) Text XmpText External Deprecated, use the CiUrlWork tag in ContactInfo struct instead. sub-key Creator Contact Info: web address.
ExtDescrAccessibility Extended Description (Accessibility) Lang Alt LangAlt External A more detailed textual description of the purpose and meaning of an image that elaborates on the information provided by the Alt Text (Accessibility) property. This property does not have a character limitation and is not required if the Alt Text (Accessibility) field sufficiently describes the image.
IntellectualGenre Intellectual Genre Text XmpText External Describes the nature, intellectual, artistic or journalistic characteristic of an image.
Scene IPTC Scene Code bag closed Choice of Text XmpBag External Describes the scene of a photo content. Specifies one or more terms from the IPTC "Scene-NewsCodes". Each Scene is represented as a string of 6 digits in an unordered list.
SubjectCode IPTC Subject Code bag closed Choice of Text XmpBag External Specifies one or more Subjects from the IPTC "Subject-NewsCodes" taxonomy to categorize the image. Each Subject is represented as a string of 8 digits in an unordered list.
Location Sublocation (legacy) Text XmpText External (legacy) Exact name of the sublocation shown in the image. This sublocation name could either be the name of a sublocation to a city or the name of a well known location or (natural) monument outside a city. In the sense of a sublocation to a city this element is at the fourth level of a top-down geographical hierarchy.
CountryCode Country Code (legacy) closed Choice of Text XmpText External (legacy) Code of the country of the location shown in the image. This element is at the top/first level of a top-down geographical hierarchy. The code should be taken from ISO 3166 two or three letter code. The full name of a country should go in the "Country" element.