# phpman > perldoc > Image::ExifTool::Exif

## NAME
    [Image::ExifTool::Exif](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Image%3A%3AExifTool%3A%3AExif/markdown) - Read EXIF/TIFF meta information

## SYNOPSIS
    This module is required by [Image::ExifTool](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Image%3A%3AExifTool/markdown).

## DESCRIPTION
    This module contains routines required by [Image::ExifTool](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Image%3A%3AExifTool/markdown) for processing EXIF and TIFF meta
    information.

## AUTHOR
    Copyright 2003-2022, Phil Harvey (philharvey66 at gmail.com)

    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as
    Perl itself.

## REFERENCES
    <<http://www.exif.org/Exif2-2.PDF>>
    <<http://www.cipa.jp/std/documents/e/DC-008-2012_E.pdf>>
    <<http://partners.adobe.com/asn/developer/pdfs/tn/TIFF6.pdf>>
    <<http://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/en/tiff/TIFFPM6.pdf>>
    <<http://www.adobe.com/products/dng/pdfs/dng_spec.pdf>>
    <<http://www.awaresystems.be/imaging/tiff/tifftags.html>>
    <<http://www.remotesensing.org/libtiff/TIFFTechNote2.html>>
    <<http://www.exif.org/dcf.PDF>>
    <<http://park2.wakwak.com/~tsuruzoh/Computer/Digicams/exif-e.html>>
    <<http://www.fine-view.com/jp/lab/doc/ps6ffspecsv2.pdf>>
    <<http://www.ozhiker.com/electronics/pjmt/jpeg_info/meta.html>>
    <<http://hul.harvard.edu/jhove/tiff-tags.html>>
    <<http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/xps/wmphoto.mspx>>
    <<http://www.asmail.be/msg0054681802.html>>
    <<http://crousseau.free.fr/imgfmt_raw.htm>>
    <<http://www.cybercom.net/~dcoffin/dcraw/>>
    <<http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/formats/content/tiff_tags.shtml>>
    <<http://community.roxen.com/developers/idocs/rfc/rfc3949.html>>
    <<http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-fax-tiff-fx-extension1-01>>
    <<http://wwwimages.adobe.com/www.adobe.com/content/dam/Adobe/en/devnet/cinemadng/pdfs/CinemaDNG_F>
    ormat_Specification_v1_1.pdf>
    <<http://geotiff.maptools.org/spec/geotiffhome.html>>

## ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
    Thanks to Jeremy Brown for the 35efl tags, and Matt Madrid for his help with the XP character
    code conversions.

## SEE ALSO
    "EXIF Tags" in [Image::ExifTool::TagNames](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Image%3A%3AExifTool%3A%3ATagNames/markdown), Image::[ExifTool(3pm)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/ExifTool/3pm/markdown)