Re: xml in tiff headers

From: Eric Lease Morgan (eric_morgan@NCSU.EDU)
Date: Mon Jul 17 2000 - 12:32:23 CDT

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Date:         Mon, 17 Jul 2000 13:32:23 -0400
From: Eric Lease Morgan <mailto:eric_morgan@NCSU.EDU>
Subject:      Re: xml in tiff headers
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    <pre> Bob Savage (mailto:bsavage@STANFORD.EDU) wrote:

    > Another approach would be a standard XML TIFF-Wrapper which would include
    > something like an "IMAGE" tag. Advantage: does not rely on software that can
    > extract the header information before getting to the XML-encoded metadata.
    > Disadvantage: not quite as simple to distribute (two files instead of one).

    Bob, your analysis is right on target; in order for my idea to work I would have to make available a "TIFF Helper", a program or library that could read and write the XML into and out of the header. But, by putting the XML in the header people will still be able see the image with the many TIFF readers available. 

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Eric Lease Morgan

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