Image File Format Specifications

The following table lists several documents that give detailed descriptions of how metadata is stored in image files.

Document Location
Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) Specification https://www.loc.gov/preservation/digital/formats/fdd/fdd000022.shtml
Exif Specification https://www.loc.gov/preservation/digital/formats/fdd/fdd000146.shtml
Portable Network Graphics (PNG) Specification https://www.w3.org/TR/2003/REC-PNG-20031110/
ISO/IEC 10918-1 (JPEG) https://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=18902
ICC.1:1998-09 https://www.color.org

 

Image Property Tag Constants

Image Property Tag Type Constants

Property Item Descriptions

Property Tags in Alphabetical Order

Property Tags in Numerical Order

Reading and Writing Metadata