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2011.07.29 01:01 "Re: Using photon lists rather than rasters", by Toby Thain
On 28/07/11 2:04 PM, Andreas Kleinert wrote: > luckily, at least it says: > > "TIFF is an image file format. [...] Ooh! Another recursive acronym. :) --Toby > A TIFF file begins with an 8-byte image file header that points to an > image file directory (IFD). An image file directory contains information > about the image, as well as pointers to the actual image data. The > following paragraphs describe the image file header and IFD in more detail." > > ;-) > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [Tiff] Using photon lists rather than rasters > From: Leonard Rosenthol <lrosenth@adobe.com> > To: Chris Cox <ccox@adobe.com>, TIFF <tiff@lists.maptools.org> > Date: 28.07.2011 13:48 > >> As much as I hate to correct Chris in public, I am inclined to point out >> that while no one disputes that the ORIGINAL definition of "TIFF" was >> the acronym stated below, the actual fact is that the spelled out >> version NEVER appears in the actual "standard" (TIFF v6). So that >> OFFICIALLY it is just "TIFF". >> >> Leonard >>