Definition
Certificates can be generated for tests or imported for controlled workflows. Public trust requires production-ready key handling and recognized certificate chains.
Glossary
C2PA certificate
A C2PA certificate is signing material used to bind a manifest to a media asset and support signature verification.
How C2PA Signer uses it
The extension turns technical evidence into clear report fields and the four statuses: Trusted, Signed but untrusted, Invalid and No credentials.
Responsible interpretation
Use this term to describe available evidence. Do not use it as a claim that unsigned or uncredentialed media is false.