C2PA
Best for signed provenance, integrity validation, manifest actions and certificate-chain interpretation.
Comparison
Content Credentials vs metadata
Content Credentials are a structured, signed approach to provenance evidence. General metadata can be useful, but it is not the same as a validated C2PA manifest.
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.