CAI manifest definition reference

This page is generated from the unmodified JSON schema generated from c2pa-rs on 05/09/2025.

ManifestDefinition

Use a ManifestDefinition to define a manifest and to build a ManifestStore. A manifest is a collection of ingredients and assertions used to define a claim that can be signed and embedded into a file.

Properties

Property	Type	Description	Required?	Default Value
assertions	An array of AssertionDefinition	A list of assertions	NO	Empty array
claim_generator_info	An array of ClaimGeneratorInfo	Claim Generator Info is always required with at least one entry	NO	Object with properties: name - c2pa-rs version - 0.64.0
claim_version	Integer (uint8) Minimum: 0.0	The version of the claim. Defaults to 2.	NO	N/A
format	String	The format of the source file as a MIME type.	NO	application/octet-stream
ingredients	An array of Ingredient	A List of ingredients	NO	Empty array
instance_id	String	Instance ID from `xmpMM:InstanceID` in XMP metadata.	NO	xmp:iid:f8f5adf0-f9ee-4168-8f62-520d718bf08f
label	String	Allows you to pre-define the manifest label, which must be unique. Not intended for general use. If not set, it will be assigned automatically.	NO	N/A
metadata	Array of AssertionMetadata	Optional manifest metadata. This will be deprecated in the future; not recommended to use.	NO	N/A
redactions	Array of string	A list of redactions - URIs to redacted assertions.	NO	N/A
thumbnail	ResourceRef	An optional ResourceRef to a thumbnail image that represents the asset that was signed. Must be available when the manifest is signed.	NO	N/A
title	String	A human-readable title, generally source filename.	NO	N/A
vendor	String	Optional prefix added to the generated Manifest Label This is typically a reverse domain name.	NO	N/A

Definitions

Actor
AssertionData
AssertionDefinition
AssertionMetadata
AssetType
ClaimGeneratorInfo
Coordinate
DataSource

DateT
Frame
HashedUri
Ingredient
IngredientDeltaValidationResult
Item
ManifestAssertionKind
Range

RangeType
RegionOfInterest
Relationship
ResourceRef
ResourceStore
ReviewRating
Role
Shape

ShapeType
StatusCodes
Text
TextSelector
TextSelectorRange
Time
TimeType
UnitType

UriOrResource
ValidationResults
ValidationStatus

Definitions

Actor

Identifies a person responsible for an action.

Property	Type	Description	Required?	Default Value
credentials	Array of HashedUri	List of references to W3C Verifiable Credentials.	NO	N/A
identifier	String	An identifier for a human actor, used when the “type” is `humanEntry.identified`.	NO	N/A

Definitions

AssertionData

This allows the assertion to be expressed as CBOR or JSON. The default is CBOR unless you specify that an assertion should be JSON.

Any of the following:

true

Definitions

AssertionDefinition

Defines an assertion that consists of a label that can be either a C2PA-defined assertion label or a custom label in reverse domain format.

Property	Type	Description	Required?	Default Value
data	AssertionData	Description TBD.	YES	N/A
kind	ManifestAssertionKind	Description TBD.	NO	N/A
label	String	Description TBD.	YES	N/A

Definitions

AssertionMetadata

The AssertionMetadata structure can be used as part of other assertions or on its own to reference others

Property	Type	Description	Required?	Default Value
dataSource	DataSource	Description TBD.	NO	N/A
dateTime	DateT	Description TBD.	NO	N/A
localizations	Array of object	Description TBD.	NO	N/A
reference	HashedUri	Description TBD.	NO	N/A
regionOfInterest	RegionOfInterest	Description TBD.	NO	N/A
reviewRatings	Array of ReviewRating	Description TBD.	NO	N/A

Definitions

AssetType

Property	Type	Description	Required?	Default Value
type	String	Description TBD.	YES	N/A
version	String	Description TBD.	NO	N/A

Definitions

ClaimGeneratorInfo

Description of the claim generator, or the software used in generating the claim. This structure is also used for actions softwareAgent

Property	Type	Description	Required?	Default Value
icon	UriOrResource	hashed URI to the icon (either embedded or remote)	NO	N/A
name	String	A human readable string naming the claim_generator	YES	N/A
operating_system	String	A human readable string of the OS the claim generator is running on	NO	N/A
version	String	A human readable string of the product’s version	NO	N/A

NOTE: This object can have any number of additional user-defined properties.

Definitions

Coordinate

An x, y coordinate used for specifying vertices in polygons.

Property	Type	Description	Required?	Default Value
x	Number / double	The coordinate along the x-axis.	YES	N/A
y	Number / double	The coordinate along the y-axis.	YES	N/A

Definitions

DataSource

A description of the source for assertion data

Property	Type	Description	Required?	Default Value
actors	Array of Actor	A list of [`Actor`]s associated with this source.	NO	N/A
details	String	A human-readable string giving details about the source of the assertion data.	NO	N/A
type	String	A value from among the enumerated list indicating the source of the assertion.	YES	N/A

Definitions

DateT

A string.

Definitions

Frame

A frame range representing starting and ending frames or pages. If both start and end are missing, the frame will span the entire asset.

Property	Type	Description	Required?	Default Value
end	Integer (int32)	The end of the frame inclusive or the end of the asset if not present.	NO	N/A
start	Integer (int32)	The start of the frame or the end of the asset if not present. The first frame/page starts at 0.	NO	N/A

Definitions

HashedUri

A HashedUri provides a reference to content available within the same manifest store. This is described in [§8.3, URI References], of the C2PA Technical Specification. [§8.3, URI References]: https://c2pa.org/specifications/specifications/2.1/specs/C2PA_Specification.html#_uri_references

Property	Type	Description	Required?	Default Value
alg	String	A string identifying the cryptographic hash algorithm used to compute the hash	NO	N/A
hash	An array of integer	Byte string containing the hash value	YES	N/A
url	String	JUMBF URI reference	YES	N/A

Definitions

Ingredient

An Ingredient is any external asset that has been used in the creation of an asset.

Property	Type	Description	Required?	Default Value
active_manifest	String	The active manifest label (if one exists). If this ingredient has a [`ManifestStore`], this will hold the label of the active `Manifest`.	NO	N/A
data	ResourceRef	A reference to the actual data of the ingredient.	NO	N/A
data_types	Array of AssetType	Additional information about the data’s type to the ingredient V2 structure.	NO	N/A
description	String	Additional description of the ingredient.	NO	N/A
document_id	String	Document ID from `xmpMM:DocumentID` in XMP metadata.	NO	N/A
format	String	The format of the source file as a MIME type.	NO	N/A
hash	String	An optional hash of the asset to prevent duplicates.	NO	N/A
informational_URI	String	URI to an informational page about the ingredient or its data.	NO	N/A
instance_id	String	Instance ID from `xmpMM:InstanceID` in XMP metadata.	NO	N/A
label	String	The ingredient’s label as assigned in the manifest.	NO	N/A
manifest_data	ResourceRef	A `ManifestStore` from the source asset extracted as a binary C2PA blob.	NO	N/A
metadata	AssertionMetadata	Any additional `Metadata` as defined in the C2PA spec.	NO	N/A
ocsp_responses	Array of ResourceRef	Description TBD.	NO	N/A
provenance	String	URI from `dcterms:provenance` in XMP metadata.	NO	N/A
relationship	Relationship	Set to `ParentOf` if this is the parent ingredient. There can only be one parent ingredient in the ingredients.	NO	componentOf
resources	ResourceStore	Description TBD.	NO	N/A
thumbnail	ResourceRef	A thumbnail image capturing the visual state at the time of import. A tuple of thumbnail MIME format (for example `image/jpeg`) and binary bits of the image.	NO	N/A
title	String	A human-readable title, generally source filename.	NO	N/A
validation_results	ValidationResults	Validation results (Ingredient.V3)	NO	N/A
validation_status	Array of ValidationStatus	Validation status (Ingredient v1 & v2)	NO	N/A

Definitions

IngredientDeltaValidationResult

Represents any changes or deltas between the current and previous validation results for an ingredient’s manifest.

Property	Type	Description	Required?	Default Value
ingredientAssertionURI	String	JUMBF URI reference to the ingredient assertion	YES	N/A
validationDeltas	StatusCodes	Validation results for the ingredient’s active manifest	YES	N/A

Definitions

Item

Description of the boundaries of an identified range.

Property	Type	Description	Required?	Default Value
identifier	String	The container-specific term used to identify items, such as “track_id” for MP4 or “item_ID” for HEIF.	YES	N/A
value	String	The value of the identifier, e.g. a value of “2” for an identifier of “track_id” would imply track 2 of the asset.	YES	N/A

Definitions

ManifestAssertionKind

A string that is one of the following:

“Cbor”
“Json”
“Binary”
“Uri”

Definitions

Range

A spatial, temporal, frame, or textual range describing the region of interest.

Property	Type	Description	Required?	Default Value
frame	Frame	A frame range.	NO	N/A
item	Item	A item identifier.	NO	N/A
shape	Shape	A spatial range.	NO	N/A
text	Text	A textual range.	NO	N/A
time	Time	A temporal range.	NO	N/A
type	RangeType	The type of range of interest.	YES	N/A

Definitions

RangeType

The type of range for the region of interest.

RangeType	Type	Description
spatial	string	A spatial range, see [`Shape`] for more details.
temporal	string	A temporal range, see [`Time`] for more details.
frame	string	A spatial range, see [`Frame`] for more details.
textual	string	A textual range, see [`Text`] for more details.
identified	string	A range identified by a specific identifier and value, see [`Item`] for more details.

Definitions

RegionOfInterest

A region of interest within an asset describing the change. This struct can be used from [Action::changes][crate::assertions::Action::changes], [AssertionMetadata::region_of_interest][crate::assertions::AssertionMetadata::region_of_interest], or [SoftBindingScope::region][crate::assertions::soft_binding::SoftBindingScope::region].

Property	Type	Description	Required?	Default Value
description	String	A free-text string.	NO	N/A
identifier	String	A free-text string representing a machine-readable, unique to this assertion, identifier for the region.	NO	N/A
metadata	AssertionMetadata	Additional information about the asset.	NO	N/A
name	String	A free-text string representing a human-readable name for the region which might be used in a user interface.	NO	N/A
region	An array of Range	A range describing the region of interest for the specific asset.	YES	N/A
role	Role	A value from our controlled vocabulary or an entity-specific value (e.g., com.litware.coolArea) that represents the role of a region among other regions.	NO	N/A
type	String	A value from a controlled vocabulary such as https://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/imageregiontype/ or an entity-specific value (e.g., com.litware.newType) that represents the type of thing(s) depicted by a region. Note this field serializes/deserializes into the name `type`.	NO	N/A

Definitions

Relationship

The relationship of the ingredient to the current asset.

Relationship	Type	Description
parentOf	string	The current asset is derived from this ingredient.
componentOf	string	The current asset is a part of this ingredient.
inputTo	string	The ingredient was used as an input to a computational process to create or modify the asset.

Definitions

ResourceRef

A reference to a resource to be used in JSON serialization. The underlying data can be read as a stream via [Reader::resource_to_stream][crate::Reader::resource_to_stream].

Property	Type	Description	Required?	Default Value
alg	String	The algorithm used to hash the resource (if applicable).	NO	N/A
data_types	Array of AssetType	More detailed data types as defined in the C2PA spec.	NO	N/A
format	String	The mime type of the referenced resource.	YES	N/A
hash	String	The hash of the resource (if applicable).	NO	N/A
identifier	String	A URI that identifies the resource as referenced from the manifest. This may be a JUMBF URI, a file path, a URL or any other string. Relative JUMBF URIs will be resolved with the manifest label. Relative file paths will be resolved with the base path if provided.	YES	N/A

Definitions

ResourceStore

Resource store to contain binary objects referenced from JSON serializable structures

Property	Type	Description	Required?	Default Value
base_path	String	Description TBD.	NO	N/A
label	String	Description TBD.	NO	N/A
resources	(Object)	Description TBD.	YES	N/A

Definitions

ReviewRating

A rating on an Assertion. See https://c2pa.org/specifications/specifications/2.2/specs/C2PA_Specification.html#_review_ratings.

Property	Type	Description	Required?	Default Value
code	String	Description TBD.	NO	N/A
explanation	String	Description TBD.	YES	N/A
value	Integer (uint8) Minimum: 0.0	Description TBD.	YES	N/A

Definitions

Role

A role describing the region.

Role	Type	Description
c2pa.areaOfInterest	string	Arbitrary area worth identifying.
c2pa.cropped	string	This area is all that is left after a crop action.
c2pa.edited	string	This area has had edits applied to it.
c2pa.placed	string	The area where an ingredient was placed/added.
c2pa.redacted	string	Something in this area was redacted.
c2pa.subjectArea	string	Area specific to a subject (human or not).
c2pa.deleted	string	A range of information was removed/deleted.
c2pa.styled	string	Styling was applied to this area.
c2pa.watermarked	string	Invisible watermarking was applied to this area for the purpose of soft binding.

Definitions

Shape

A spatial range representing rectangle, circle, or a polygon.

Property	Type	Description	Required?	Default Value
height	Number (double)	The height of a rectnagle. This field can be ignored for circles and polygons.	NO	N/A
inside	Boolean	If the range is inside the shape. The default value is true.	NO	N/A
origin	Coordinate	THe origin of the coordinate in the shape.	YES	N/A
type	ShapeType	The type of shape.	YES	N/A
unit	UnitType	The type of unit for the shape range.	YES	N/A
vertices	Array of Coordinate	The vertices of the polygon. This field can be ignored for rectangles and circles.	NO	N/A
width	Number (double)	The width for rectangles or diameter for circles. This field can be ignored for polygons.	NO	N/A

Definitions

ShapeType

The type of shape for the range.

ShapeType	Type	Description
rectangle	string	A rectangle.
circle	string	A circle.
polygon	string	A polygon.

Definitions

StatusCodes

Contains a set of success, informational, and failure validation status codes.

Property	Type	Description	Required?	Default Value
failure	An array of ValidationStatus	Description TBD.	YES	N/A
informational	An array of ValidationStatus	Description TBD.	YES	N/A
success	An array of ValidationStatus	Description TBD.	YES	N/A

Definitions

Text

A textual range representing multiple (possibly discontinuous) ranges of text.

Property	Type	Description	Required?	Default Value
selectors	An array of TextSelectorRange	The ranges of text to select.	YES	N/A

Definitions

TextSelector

Selects a range of text via a fragment identifier. This is modeled after the W3C Web Annotation selector model.

Property	Type	Description	Required?	Default Value
end	Integer (int32)	The end character offset or the end of the fragment if not present.	NO	N/A
fragment	String	Fragment identifier as per RFC3023 (XML) or ISO 32000-2 (PDF), Annex O.	YES	N/A
start	Integer (int32)	The start character offset or the start of the fragment if not present.	NO	N/A

Definitions

TextSelectorRange

One or two [TextSelector][TextSelector] identifiying the range to select.

Property	Type	Description	Required?	Default Value
end	TextSelector	The end of the text range.	NO	N/A
selector	TextSelector	The start (or entire) text range.	YES	N/A

Definitions

Time

A temporal range representing a starting time to an ending time.

Property	Type	Description	Required?	Default Value
end	String	The end time or the end of the asset if not present.	NO	N/A
start	String	The start time or the start of the asset if not present.	NO	N/A
type	TimeType	The type of time.	NO	npt

Definitions

TimeType

The type of time.

TimeType	Type	Description
npt	string	Times are described using Normal Play Time (npt) as described in RFC 2326.

Definitions

UnitType

The type of unit for the range.

UnitType	Type	Description
pixel	string	Use pixels.
percent	string	Use percentage.

Definitions

UriOrResource

Description TBD.

Any of the following:

ResourceRef
HashedUri

Definitions

ValidationResults

A map of validation results for a manifest store. The map contains the validation results for the active manifest and any ingredient deltas. It is normal for there to be many

Property	Type	Description	Required?	Default Value
activeManifest	StatusCodes	Description TBD.	NO	N/A
ingredientDeltas	Array of IngredientDeltaValidationResult	Description TBD.	NO	N/A

Definitions

ValidationStatus

A ValidationStatus struct describes the validation status of a specific part of a manifest. See https://c2pa.org/specifications/specifications/2.2/specs/C2PA_Specification.html#_existing_manifests.

Property	Type	Description	Required?	Default Value
code	String	Description TBD.	YES	N/A
explanation	String	Description TBD.	NO	N/A
success	Boolean	Description TBD.	NO	N/A
url	String	Description TBD.	NO	N/A