C2PA publishes technical specification 2.3

C2PA Specification 2.3 defines the Content Credentials provenance standard.

Event typepublication

This update belongs to C2PA / Content Credentials. Read the parent policy page for the full instrument.

What changed

Fact

Publication updates the voluntary technical baseline used in provenance and labelling debates.

C2PA Specification 2.3 defines the Content Credentials provenance standard.

Operational consequence

Analysis

Refreshed the main open provenance standard cited by policymakers.

The consequence statement is limited to what the linked evidence and event record support.

Supporting passages

Fact

Exact quotes below are taken from evidence rows attached to this update.

C2PA specifies a technical standard for content provenance and authenticity. The specification states C2PA developed a technical standard for providing content provenance and authenticity.

To address this issue at scale … the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA) has developed this technical specification for providing content provenance and authenticity.
C2PA Specification 2.3 · §1.1

Limits

The specification expressly avoids value judgments about whether provenance data is good or bad.

An update page records a dated change. It does not replace the full vehicle text or later amendments.

Policy questions

Content integrity

Should watermarking standards be mandatory?

Open provenance standards such as C2PA already exist. The dispute is whether law should require them or leave adoption voluntary.

Policy asks

adopted

Adopt open content-provenance standards such as C2PA Content Credentials

Use open technical specifications for content provenance and authenticity assertions in synthetic-media governance.

Policy vehicles

guidance · Published (voluntary)

C2PA Content Credentials technical specification

Open technical standard for attaching and validating content provenance assertions.

Evidence

Source basis

Direct sourceOpen evidence record

C2PA specifies a technical standard for content provenance and authenticity

The specification states C2PA developed a technical standard for providing content provenance and authenticity.

To address this issue at scale … the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA) has developed this technical specification for providing content provenance and authenticity.

Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity · C2PA Specification 2.3 · §1.1