sourceactiveEvaluation and media provenance

IPTC Digital Source Type vocabulary

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Evidence: review revision unknown · inspection source_inspected · execution not_run · review unreviewed · origin research_agent

Source: https://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/digitalsourcetype

Fetched URL had a trailing slash (redirect-equivalent); canonical without. L07 2026-10-17: canonical URL set to https://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/digitalsourcetype/ (Path without trailing slash returned 404 on 2026-10-17; the slash form resolves 200. Trailing slash kept deliberately for this URL.) Trailing slash kept deliberately.

Structured fields

{
  "revision": {
    "ref": null,
    "pinned": false
  },
  "checked_at": "2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z",
  "usefulness": "Controlled vocabulary (also used by C2PA and XMP) for labelling how media was made: trainedAlgorithmicMedia, compositeWithTrainedAlgorithmicMedia, algorithmicMedia, compositeSynthetic, virtualRecording, computationalCapture, etc. The simplest interoperable way to declare AI involvement in file metadata.",
  "source_type": "documentation",
  "availability": "available",
  "source_owner": "IPTC",
  "next_check_at": "2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z",
  "known_limitations": [
    "Self-declared label; no cryptographic assurance on its own."
  ]
}

Evidence claims

[sourced_fact] Terms include trainedAlgorithmicMedia (created using generative AI), compositeWithTrainedAlgorithmicMedia (edited, e.g. inpainting/outpainting), algorithmicMedia (pure algorithmic), compositeSynthetic, composite, virtualRecording, computationalCapture. · locator: Term list source
[sourced_fact] URI pattern http://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/digitalsourcetype/{conceptID}; QCode form digsrctype:{conceptID}. · locator: URI pattern note source
[sourced_fact] Page states Copyright 2024 IPTC and that CC BY 4.0 applies to all NewsCodes. · locator: License note source
[upstream_claim] Research review verdict at export: reviewed (as of 2026-10-17). Recorded by the research pipeline, not a hub review outcome; evidence.review stays unreviewed until an independent reviewer records one.

Rights

component	license	hosting	redistribution	modification	training	Evidence and notes
documentation	CC-BY-4.0	permitted	permitted	permitted	unknown	https://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/digitalsourcetype/ CC BY 4.0 applies to all IPTC NewsCodes per the page.

Linked records

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