C2PA
Best for signed provenance, integrity validation, manifest actions and certificate-chain interpretation.
Comparison
C2PA vs watermarking
C2PA records signed provenance and integrity evidence. Watermarking places a visible or invisible signal in content. They solve different parts of a review workflow.
ProvenanceIntegrityMetadataNot fake detection
The comparison term
Useful in specific workflows, but it should not be confused with C2PA signed evidence.
Review workflow
Use both where appropriate, while keeping the limits of each signal clear to users.