# Tracker Extract Library Reference Manual

for libtracker-extract &version;

## Overview

The libtracker-extract library is the foundation for Tracker metadata extraction of embedded data in files. Tracker comes with extractors written for the most common file types (like MP3, JPEG, PNG, etc.), however, for more special cases, 3rd party applications may want to write their own plugin to extract their own file formats. This documentation describes how to do that.

## Core

&tracker-data; &tracker-utils;

## Common Embedded Support

&tracker-xmp; &tracker-iptc; &tracker-exif;