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2004.09.17 21:41 "Re: BigTIFF Tag Value Count issue", by Chris Cox
> On some of the issues like 32-bit datatypes where concepts about complex > data types being introduced. I feel like we are stepping towards stuff > that could hugely complicate our effort. In my mind, BigTIFF is about a > near-minimal extension to TIFF to support very large images. I have seen > lots of image format specification efforts go off the rails in an effort > to be over general and I hope our minor revision to support big files > won't fall into that sort of second-system effect. Yes, the idea is to make this a simple transition. So the question comes back to: is there any real need for a count of more than 4 bytes? Chris