Image::ExifTool::XMP(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation Image::ExifTool::XMP(3)

# [NAME](#NAME)

Image::ExifTool::XMP - Read XMP meta information

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

This module is loaded automatically by Image::ExifTool when required.

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

XMP stands for Extensible Metadata Platform. It is a format based on XML that Adobe developed for embedding metadata information in image files. This module contains the definitions required by Image::ExifTool to read XMP information.

# [AUTHOR](#AUTHOR)

Copyright 2003-2026, Phil Harvey (philharvey66 at gmail.com)

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

# [REFERENCES](#REFERENCES)

<http://www.adobe.com/devnet/xmp/>

<http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-syntax-grammar/>

<http://www.iptc.org/IPTC4XMP/>

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

"XMP Tags" in Image::ExifTool::TagNames, [**Image::ExifTool**(3pm)](/man/os/exiftool/Image::ExifTool.3pm)

2026-07-15 perl v5.42.2

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Document: Image::ExifTool::XMP(3pm) from exiftool 13.59-r2 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/exiftool/exiftool