Re: DRAFT: eXIf-2017-02-13

Glenn Randers-Pehrson <[email protected]> Mon, 27 Feb 2017 13:57:19 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.comp.graphics.png.general
Message-ID <CA+PdXcsSB-wC6+47m46yDHdKY3BGSnf429C=Oc6ASYscHr6a3Q@mail.gmail.com>
On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 11:45 AM, Pavel Zlatovratskii <[email protected]> wrote:

>  >Multiple eXIf chunks are not forbidden.
> How does this should be interpreted?
> As separate sets of metadata or as parts of big EXIF like IDAT?
> First could result in conflicts; second could be broken with reordering.

Conceptually, multiple eXIf chunks is not much different
from having an eXIf chunk plus a mkRD chunk.  Either way,
the original Exif profile is divided among separate chunks.
Another possibility would be to put the thumbnail/preview
into a different eXIf chunk.

Glenn

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