XMP is a standards based metadata schema.
Issue
Is XMP just Adobe's metadata schema?
Solution
A schema defines the structure of information records. Typically it is expressed as a set of properties with an associated type. For example an informational schema description of the schema of a customer database would be something on the order of:
- Name: string of up to 80 characters
- Customer ID: number of up to 10 digits
- Orders: a list of Order records.
XMP is not Adobe's metadata schema. Rather, XMP is an extensible framework built onto
RDF. That can be used to represent any number of schemas, some of which are standards such as
Dublin Core, others which Adobe recommends such as schemas for asset management and some that can be defined and used by customers or specific industry segments for their own specific needs.