Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Exchangeable image file format (EXIF) is a specification for the image file format used by digital cameras. It was written by the Japan Electronic Industry Development Association (JEIDA). The specification uses existing file formats such as JPEG, TIFF Rev. 6.0 and RIFF WAVE audio file format, with the addition of specific meta data tags. Version 2.1 of the specification is dated June 12, 1998 and version 2.2 is dated April 2002. External link What is an EXIF JPEG file?, on the Kodak website has the specs available online. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.