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2004.04.26 16:54 "Re: Large TIFF files", by Chris Cox
> > [fileformat and library are closely related but two different things] > > Depends. If there is a complete and independent specification, then, > yes, there > is a fileformat that is not defined by the library. I vote for feasability > instead: changing minor things to LibTiff, so that count/offsets can be 64bit. > Adobe may be bothering to write a spec, which is a good thing, but I > don't think > this list is going to be bothered by that. So it is defenetly > possible that the > new fileformat is defined by library only. If it is defined by the library only, then it won't be used. You need a spec AND a library. (although many file formats survive with only a spec. I have yet to see one survive with just a library) Chris