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2008.07.03 15:26 "Re: eta for bigtiff support?", by Bob Friesenhahn
On Thu, 3 Jul 2008, Gary McGath wrote: > >> This is a proposal, not a specification. Don't go implementing it just >> yet and releasing your code to the public, it has not yet been approved >> and is liable to change. You don't want to be the one whose files turn >> out invalid in 6 months from now. This text was written long before Aware Systems worked to develop BigTIFF support for libtiff. > It shouldn't be surprising that people aren't jumping in to test > when the definition of BigTIFF is still in flux, and has shown no > sign of approaching a stable specification. Given your title, I see that you should be justified in being apprehensive. There were quite a few people involved with developing the BigTIFF draft specification, including people from Adobe. There have been no changes since that time. There are at least two implementations. BigTIFF is a small natural progression from TIFF. It seems unlikely that an organization with some apparent position of authority (i.e. a standards organization or Adobe) will produce a document on their own. Perhaps an IETF RFC is the best avenue since the IETF has already published several TIFF-related RFCs. Bob ====================================== Bob Friesenhahn bfriesen@simple.dallas.tx.us, http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/ GraphicsMagick Maintainer, http://www.GraphicsMagick.org/