Processing Image Metadata

This section contains conceptual topics that describe the Windows Imaging Component (WIC) metadata system.

In this section

Topic	Description
WIC Metadata Overview	This topic introduces the imaging metadata support provided by the WIC.
Metadata Query Language Overview	This topic introduces the metadata query language for WIC.
Native Image Format Metadata Queries	This topic provides an overview of the metadata query language queries for reading and writing metadata supported by GIF, PNG, TIFF and JPEG images.
Overview of Reading and Writing Image Metadata	This topic provides an overview of how you can use the WIC APIs to read and write metadata that is embedded in image files.
Metadata Extensibility Overview	This topic introduces the requirements for creating custom metadata handlers for the WIC, including both metadata readers and writers.
People Tagging Overview	This topic introduces the new Extensible Metadata Platform (XMP) schema and the Windows 7 photo property System.Photo.PeopleNames that enables the tagging of individuals in a digital photo.