| IPTC Field | IPTC Tag ID | Description | exiftool | Adobe | Windows |
| Headline | 2#105 | Brief synopsis or summary of the contents of the photograph (256 chars max) | Headline | Headline | — |
| Description/Caption | 2#120 | Describes the who, what (and possibly where and when) and why of what is happening in the photograph. It can include people’s names, their role in the action, the location. (2000 chars max) | Caption-Abstract | Description | Subject |
| Keywords | 2#025 | Descriptive words added to an image to enable search and retrieval. They describe what is visible in the image and concepts associated with the image (separated by semicolons). | Keywords | Keywords | Tags |
| Description writer | 2#122 | The name of the person creating or editing the description of the image. | Writer-Editor | Description writer | — |
| Creator (By-line) (aka Author) | 2#080 | Name of the creator of the image (32 chars max) | By-line | Creator | Authors |
| Date Created | 2#055 | The calendar date (and optionally, the time) when the photograph was made - not the date when you scanned or edited the image | DateCreated | Date Created | Date Taken |
| Location 1) | 2#092 | Name of the sublocation shown in the image (e.g. Manhattan or Grand Canyon) | Sub-location | Sublocation (in Bridge, not in Photoshop) | — |
| City | 2#095 | City | Province-State | City | — |
| ISO Country Code | 2#100 | ISO Country Code, | Country-PrimaryLocationCode | ISO Country Code | — |
| Country | 2#101 | Country | Country-PrimaryLocationName | Country | — |
| Title (don't use2)) | 2#005 | Short human readable reference for the image. It can be a text reference or a numeric reference, and serves primarily as an identifier. The Title field should not be confused with the Headline field which is a short descriptive field about the content of an image. | ObjectName | Title | Title |
| Provider (aka Credit Line) | 2#110 | How the image should be credited when published, as specified by the supplier of the image (32 chars max) | - | Credit Line | — |
| Copyright Notice | 2#116 | Information required to assert copyright in the image and should contain the name of the current copyright holder, whether an individual or a company. It may include the copyright symbol ©, the year of publication, and other commonly used terms such as ‘All Rights Reserved.’ If an image is Public Domain, it can be indicated here. | CopyrightNotice | Copyright Notice | Copyright |
