image-editorial-v1

Editorial image with editor and publish chain of custody. Use this recipe for news photographs and editorial images where a full audit trail of editor and publisher identity is required.

Recipe configuration

id: image-editorial-v1
version: 1
media_type: image
description: "Editorial image with editor and publish provenance, 90-day asset retention"
c2pa:
  enabled: true
  assertions: [generator, created_at, editor, published, exif]
  kms_mode: managed
watermark:
  enabled: true
  engine: trustmark
  payload:
    type: manifest_pointer
    encoding: compact
anchoring:
  enabled: true
  methods: [opentimestamps]
retention:
  manifest_days: 730
  original_asset_days: 90
  derived_asset_days: 90
verification:
  minimum_confidence: 0.95

Sign an editorial image

curl -X POST https://api.verbitas.io/v1/sign \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer vb_test_YOUR_KEY_HERE" \
  -F "[email protected]" \
  -F "recipe=image-editorial-v1" \
  -F 'metadata={"editor":"Jane Smith","published":"2026-05-09T08:00:00Z"}' \
  | jq .

What this records

generator — name of the originating camera or system
editor — identity of the editor who approved publication
published — publication record
exif — preserved EXIF metadata (GPS stripped per privacy policy)
created_at — ISO 8601 timestamp

Retention

Manifests: 730 days
Original and derived assets: 90 days (newsroom audit and legal hold window)