Camera Make
The manufacturer of the camera or device that created the image.
Privacy: Can help identify the type of device used.
MEDIACLEAN REFERENCE
A Field Guide to Metadata That Can Travel With an Image
A practical reference for field names you may find inside an image file, what they mean, and which deserve extra attention for privacy or provenance.
EXIF
EXIF fields
Camera / Device Model
The specific camera or phone model.
Privacy: Reveals the device more precisely than the manufacturer field.
Original Capture Time
The date and time recorded by the device when the photo was captured.
Privacy: Can reveal when you were at a particular place or event.
Editing Software
The application or software that wrote or modified the metadata.
Privacy: Can reveal the editing workflow or application used.
Artist / Creator
An optional field for the photographer or creator name.
Privacy: May contain a personal name or brand identity.
Copyright
Rights or ownership information associated with the image.
Privacy: Can be valuable for attribution, so it should not always be removed.
Image Description
Descriptive text that may be written by the device or editing software.
Privacy: Can contain internal text or a description not intended for publishing.
GPS
GPS fields
GPS Latitude
Part of the geographic coordinates associated with the photo.
Privacy: Sensitive because it can reveal where the photo was captured.
GPS Longitude
The second component of geographic coordinates.
Privacy: Together with latitude, it can identify a precise location.
GPS Altitude
The capture-location altitude when recorded by the device.
Privacy: Less sensitive than coordinates but adds location context.
XMP
XMP fields
Creator Tool
The software that created or exported the file in XMP.
Privacy: Can expose the application or workflow used.
Create Date
The creation time recorded in XMP for the asset or document.
Privacy: Can expose when the asset was created or exported.
Modify Date
The last modification time recorded in XMP.
Privacy: Reveals part of the editing timeline.
Document ID
An identifier editing software can use to associate versions of a document.
Privacy: May help correlate files or versions from the same workflow.
Instance ID
An identifier for a particular instance of a file or document.
Privacy: Can associate a specific copy with an editing history.
Dublin Core Creator
A common XMP field for content creator names.
Privacy: May contain a personal or organization name.
C2PA
C2PA fields
C2PA Manifest
A structure containing provenance claims and related information in supported files.
Privacy: Can disclose information about the tool or content creation path.
Claim Generator
The tool or component that generated the provenance claim.
Privacy: Can identify the software or service that wrote provenance data.
Digital Source Type
A value that can describe the nature of content origin or processing in some provenance workflows.
Privacy: May indicate how content was created or modified.
Ingredients
References to source assets or ingredients used in a supported provenance manifest.
Privacy: Can reveal relationships between multiple assets.
PNG / AI
PNG / AI fields
PNG Text Chunks
PNG chunk types that can store textual information or metadata.
Privacy: Can carry prompts, settings or application information depending on the image source.
ComfyUI Workflow Data
Information that can preserve workflow structure inside some ComfyUI image files.
Privacy: Can expose nodes, models and settings used in the workflow.
Prompt / Generation Parameters
Text or settings that some generation tools store inside image metadata.
Privacy: May expose prompts, seeds, model names or other workflow-specific parameters.
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