The C2PA Conformance Program.
It assesses whether products implement Content Credentials correctly and meet related security requirements, for generators, validators and certificate authorities alike.
C2PA Conformance Program
- Generator products
- Validator products
- Certificate authorities
Why conformance matters
The C2PA Conformance Program is the governance and validation process used to assess whether products correctly implement the Content Credentials specification and meet related security requirements.
It matters because Content Credentials need more than a file format. For the ecosystem to work, generators, validators and certificate authorities need consistent technical behavior, secure implementation practices and interoperable trust rules.
A product that creates Content Credentials needs to generate C2PA data correctly. A product that verifies Content Credentials needs to validate manifests, signatures, certificates and trust status correctly.
Without conformance, different products could interpret the same C2PA data in inconsistent ways. This would weaken the value of provenance signals and make trust harder for users.
The Conformance Program helps create a more reliable ecosystem by holding generator products, validator products and certificate authorities accountable to the Content Credentials specification and related security requirements.
Conforming products and trust
The program is connected to public trust. Products that pass the relevant process can be placed on public lists, and conforming generator products can become eligible to obtain signing certificates from certification authorities on the C2PA Trust List.
This helps validators distinguish between:
- C2PA data produced by a conforming product;
- C2PA data signed by a recognized certificate chain;
- C2PA data signed locally or privately;
- invalid or incomplete C2PA data.
What we do not say
Out of honesty, and because the standard requires it.
- “Officially C2PA certified”
- “Endorsed by the C2PA coalition”
- ProvSeal independently implements the C2PA™ specification and is neither affiliated with nor endorsed by the C2PA project or Joint Development Foundation Projects. Membership of the Content Authenticity Initiative is separate from the Conformance Program.
What this means for product teams
If you are building a production C2PA signing product, the Conformance Program is an important step toward public trust.
If you are still building demos, internal tests or prototypes, you can start with local test certificates and verification tools, then move toward conformance and trusted certificate issuance when the workflow is ready.
How ProvSeal fits
ProvSeal helps teams understand and test C2PA verification and signing behavior in Chrome. It can be used for local verification, page scanning, report inspection and test-signing.
Verify any file.
The ProvSeal extension reads the Content Credentials of an image, a video or a PDF right in your browser. No file is uploaded.