Glossary

Content Credentials

Content Credentials are inspectable provenance and integrity information attached to media using C2PA-compatible metadata.

Definition

Content Credentials can describe declared creation or editing actions, signing information and whether the observed file still matches the signed manifest. They help reviewers inspect evidence, but they do not decide whether content is true or false.

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.