Video Metadata Hub
A common ground for video management: a set of video metadata properties, which can be expressed by multiple technical standards.
Video Metadata Hub Recommendation 1.5 is the latest version.
The first Recommendation was presented at IPTC’s Video Day on 25 October 2016.
Download the Video Metadata Hub one-pager PDF
Join the public IPTC Video Metadata discussion group
Finding Common Ground …
IPTC’s “Hub” Recommendation covers many use cases and exchange of metadata over multiple standards.
It was developed to provide a cohesive solution for the variety of different standards used for compressing video and audio, for file formats, and for different schemas of metadata properties.
The Video Metadata Hub (VMH) supports varied technical solutions with the key goal of storing and exchanging metadata in a safe and reliable way, with a universal metadata schema.
The VMH is comprised of a single set of video metadata properties, which can be expressed by multiple technical standards, in full as reference implementation in XMP, EBU Core and JSON. These properties can be used for describing the visible and audible content, rights data, administrative details and technical characteristics of a video.
Upcoming Events
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IPTC Spring Meeting 2025 - for IPTC members
- Location
- Juan les Pins, France and online
- Date(s)
- May 14 - 16, 2025
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Photo Metadata Conference 2025 - open to the public
- Location
- Online
- Date(s)
- Date to be confirmed
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IPTC Autumn Meeting 2025 - for IPTC members
- Location
- Online
- Date(s)
- 20 - 22 October, 2025
Latest News
The IPTC is happy to announce that EIDR and IPTC have signed a liaison agreement, committing to work together on projects of mutual interest including media metadata, content distribution technologies and work on provenance and authenticity for media. The Entertainment Identifier Registry Association (EIDR) was established to provide a universal identifier registry that supports the […]