Re: CALL for DISCUSSION: eXIf 20170115
Willem van Schaik <[email protected]>
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hi Glenn, why updating the chunk proposal before any serious discussion has happened ?? I think this is not such a good idea -- although not too opinionated and I could be proven wrong, doesn't matter -- let's first get some discussion flowing for a couple of days (or even weeks if necessary) before the chunk proposal gets changed BTW, like John, I'm not suddenly changing my software Willem On 2017-01-19 18:22, Glenn Randers-Pehrson wrote: > I updated the proposal to version 2017-0119, replacing the > two paragraphs defining the contents of the data segment > with this: > > The data segment of the eXIf chunk contains an Exif profile in the > format specified in "4.7.2 Interoperability Structure of APP1 in > Compressed Data" of [CIPA DC-008-2016] except that the JPEG APP1 > marker, length, and the "Exif ID code" described in 4.7.2(C), i.e., > "Exif", NULL, padding byte, are not included. It begins > with either "II" or "MM", depending upon the byte order used. > > Glenn > > On Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 4:03 PM, John Bowler > <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 10:58 AM, Jason Summers <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Sorry if I missed something, but as far as I can tell, the plan is still to > > put a JPEG app ID string (or "Exif ID code" as they call it in ExifLand) > > ("Exif\0\0") in PNG files. > > > > I think that's a bad idea. The JPEG app ID string is a JPEG-specific thing > > that doesn't belong in other formats. > > It does make more sense to me to skip it but there may be a good > reason for it. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > > > > _______________________________________________ > png-mng-misc mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/png-mng-misc > -- Willem van Schaik [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot