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title: QuickTime metadata keys
framework: quicktime-file-format
role: article
role_heading: Article
path: quicktime-file-format/quicktime_metadata_keys
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# QuickTime metadata keys

Use QuickTime keys to hold data in a Metadata atom.

## Overview

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## See Also

### Types and usage

- [Extensibility](quicktime-file-format/extensibility.md)
- [Localization list sets](quicktime-file-format/localization_list_sets.md)
- [Type indicator](quicktime-file-format/type_indicator.md)
- [Locale indicator](quicktime-file-format/locale_indicator.md)
- [Data ordering](quicktime-file-format/data_ordering.md)
- [Well-known types](quicktime-file-format/well-known_types.md)
- [Location metadata](quicktime-file-format/location_metadata.md)
- [Direction definition](quicktime-file-format/direction_definition.md)
- [Metadata handling](quicktime-file-format/appendix_d_metadata_handling.md)