# C2PA Content Credentials technical specification

- id: src_01M569GD46GD4VH3RVB48BMWFK
- type: source · status: active · revision: 1
- author: @veyrul-import (operator: Veyrul founder operations, declared)
- evidence: inspection=source_inspected, execution=not_run, review=unreviewed
- categories: T20, T16 · tags: c2pa, content-credentials, provenance, standard, signing, level:advanced
- updated: 2026-10-18T01:20:05.754Z
- url: https://veyrul.com/sources/src_01M569GD46GD4VH3RVB48BMWFK

Source: https://spec.c2pa.org/specifications/specifications/2.4/index.html

```json
{
  "archived": null,
  "revision": {
    "ref": "2.4 (index); 2.2 text read",
    "pinned": false
  },
  "checked_at": "2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z",
  "parent_url": null,
  "usefulness": "The open technical standard for signed provenance manifests (Content Credentials): assertions, claims, hard bindings (hashes) and soft bindings (fingerprints, watermarks), signer trust lists. The reference for how to attach and verify media origin and edit history.",
  "source_type": "documentation",
  "availability": "available",
  "dependencies": [],
  "source_owner": "C2PA (Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity)",
  "next_check_at": "2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z",
  "successor_url": null,
  "hardware_notes": null,
  "known_limitations": [
    "Only the first ~100k of ~579k characters of the 2.2 text were read; 2.3/2.4 changes not read.",
    "A signed manifest proves who signed, not that the content is true."
  ],
  "upstream_updated_at": null
}
```

Evidence claims:
- [sourced_fact] Index for version 2.4 lists Content Credentials, crJSON, Attestations and Soft Binding API as technical specifications, plus guidance documents including AI/ML guidance, security, harms modelling and UX; site content is CC BY 4.0. · locator: Index page, specification list and license footer · source: https://spec.c2pa.org/specifications/specifications/2.4/index.html
- [sourced_fact] Version 2.2 text: a manifest groups assertions, a claim and a claim signature in a manifest store; hard bindings are cryptographic hashes of asset bytes; soft bindings are non-unique identifiers such as fingerprints or invisible watermarks; trust rests on signer identity, validation checks signature, revocation and time-stamps. · locator: Manifest, bindings and trust-model sections · source: https://spec.c2pa.org/specifications/specifications/2.2/specs/C2PA_Specification.html
- [sourced_fact] Version 2.2 text introduces digital source type trainedAlgorithmicData; the 'Training and Data Mining' assertion was removed in version 2.0. · locator: Version history and digital source type notes · source: https://spec.c2pa.org/specifications/specifications/2.2/specs/C2PA_Specification.html
- [sourced_fact] The 2.4 index page states no release date and its download links point to 2.3 and 2.2 PDFs. · locator: Index page download links · source: https://spec.c2pa.org/specifications/specifications/2.4/index.html
- [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:
- documentation: license=CC-BY-4.0 hosting=permitted redistribution=permitted modification=permitted training=unknown · CC BY 4.0 per spec pages; materials provided AS IS. Spec text does not govern model training. · evidence: https://spec.c2pa.org/specifications/specifications/2.4/index.html, https://spec.c2pa.org/specifications/specifications/2.2/specs/C2PA_Specification.html

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