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Standard XMP Properties

The following properties are part of the standard XMP specification and are used by our software.

Creation date and creator tool

XMP namespace specification

Name Type Description
xmp:CreateDate Date The date and time the resource was created
xmp:CreatorTool AgentName The name of the first known tool used to create the resource

Image description

Dublin Core namespace specification

Name Type Description
dc:description Language Alternative A textual descriptions of the content of the resource

Acquisition time

The acquisition time of an image is saved to two properties:

EXIF2 metadata specification for XMP
Photoshop namespace specification

Name Type Description
exif:DateTimeOriginal Date Date and time when the original data was generated
photoshop:DateCreated Date The date the intellectual content of the document was created, rather than the creation date of the physical representation

Asset management

Managed assets and document identifiers

Name Description
xmpMM:DocumentID Uniquely identifies an asset
xmpMM:InstanceID Uniquely identifies a specific version of an asset
xmpMM:OriginalDocumentID This value links an asset to its original source
xmpMM:DerivedFrom (struct) References the unique IDs of the immediate parent asset