# Image Provenance Log

Record an image's origin, creator, rights, depicted context, edits, caption evidence, consent, accessibility treatment, and permission to publish.

## Usage note

Complete the record from the closest available original file and permission evidence. A reverse-image match or embedded metadata can support an investigation, but neither alone proves authorship, context, consent, or publication rights.

## How to use this template

1. Preserve and identify the received file, supplier, earliest traceable source, and original version.
2. Verify depicted people, place, date, event, and caption claims with appropriate evidence.
3. Record copyright, license, consent, credit, editing, and distribution conditions separately.
4. Review every transformation for factual, ethical, rights, and accessibility consequences.
5. Approve the exact publication asset and schedule any permission or context recheck.

## Blank template

### Asset identity and origin

- **Asset ID and filename:** [Enter]
- **File received from:** [Name, role, date]
- **Earliest traceable source:** [URL, archive, or contact]
- **Claimed creator:** [Enter or Unknown]
- **Original file reference:** [Location/checksum]
- **Dimensions and format:** [Enter]
- **Creation date and place:** [Verified / Claimed / Unknown]
- **Reverse-search or metadata findings:** [Summarize as clues]

### Factual context

- **What is visibly depicted:** [Describe without inference]
- **People or organizations identified:** [Evidence for each]
- **Event and date claim:** [Evidence]
- **Location claim:** [Evidence]
- **Caption statement:** [Draft exact wording]
- **Uncertainty or disputed context:** [State]
- **Verifier and date:** [Name, YYYY-MM-DD]

### Rights, consent, and edits

- **Copyright owner or licensor:** [Enter]
- **License or permission evidence:** [Reference and version]
- **Permitted use, duration, and territory:** [Enter]
- **Required credit:** [Exact text]
- **Model, property, or subject consent:** [Status/reference]
- **Restrictions:** [Modification, advertising, sensitive use, other]
- **Edits performed:** [Crop, composite, generative edit, color, labels]
- **Meaning changed by edit:** [Yes / No / Review and why]

### Publication approval

- [ ] Published file matches the approved asset version.
- [ ] Caption claims are verified and appropriately qualified.
- [ ] Credit and license conditions are satisfied.
- [ ] Required consent and sensitive-context review are complete.
- [ ] Alternative text reflects the image's purpose without unsupported claims.
- **Approver and date:** [Name, YYYY-MM-DD]
- **Approved channels:** [List]
- **Reuse or expiry trigger:** [Enter]