Re: EXIF support in PNG

"Adam M. Costello" <png.amc+0-NbS3tD7h7f85yCWXc2AjrAjBWlxwwXjJRgbkGAX3vvA@public.gmane.org>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.graphics.png.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
John Bowler <[email protected]> wrote:

> The chunk needs to be unsafe-to-copy; it contains color space information
> so it behaves in a way similar to iCCP.

Just an idea:  Define eXIF and eXIf to have the exact same syntax, but
slightly different meaning:

eXIf (safe-to-copy) contains metadata for some past version of the
image.  Some or all of the metadata may not apply to the current image,
but may be of historical interest.

eXIF (unsafe-to-copy) contains metadata consistent with the current
image.  An editor that alters a critical chunk must update eXIF to
maintain that consistency, or rename it to eXIf, or drop it (the default
behavior if it is unknown).

Either eXIf or eXIF may appear (at most once), but not both.

AMC

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