Lightroom 4 and NON Raw format

I watched this video (http://tv.adobe.com/watch/george-jardine-on-lightroom/the-lightroom-catalog/) in adobe TV. I am new to Lightroom. It mentioned in the video that RAW file will always be treated as read file only and it will never be altered other than XMP file referenced to the RAW file itself. Please correct me about this if I am wrong. I have this question. What about jpg or other image files?? Will it be treated as read only file like RAW format or the jpg (or other image format) will be updated once Lightroom update its catalog if any changes? Please advise. Thank you.

Doesn't matter if the photo is RAW, JPG, or some other format. The photo part of your files will never be changed by Lightroom.
However, for many file types, Lightroom can (as an option) write metadata to the non-photo part of your photo files. It is up to you whether or not you choose to enable this option.

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