Standard Tags

IMatch defines a number of Standard tags for image files. Using these tags instead of native EXIF, IPTC or XMP tags has advantages for metadata compatibility.

IMatch supports the Metadata Working Group guidelines to produce high-quality metadata for a wide variety of image file formats.

The Metadata Working Group (MWG) recommendations provide a set of rules to allow certain overlapping EXIF, IPTC and XMP tags to be reconciled when reading, and synchronized when writing. You should use these tags whenever possible. IMatch makes this easy for you by displaying these tags in a separate tab in the Tag Selector dialog.

You can use these tags for displaying and writing metadata. IMatch will, via ExifTool, take care that the information you see is properly extracted and that the information you write to these tags is properly written and synchronized between the different metadata standards involved.