Subject: Re:RE: JBIG default in TIFF-FX

From: [email-masked]
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 14:49:42 -0400

Dear James,

With regard to the draft document referred to in your attached message, Pixel
Magic supports the proposed changes in the text.

Regards,

Doug Grearson

Pixel Magic Inc.
200 Brickstone Sq.
Andover MA 01810
978-470-8830 x228
978-470-8892 FAX

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:   James Rafferty [SMTP:[email-masked]]
> > Sent:   Thursday, August 19, 1999 7:29 AM
> > To: Ietf-Fax
> > Subject:    Re: I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-fax-tiff-fx-02.txt
> > 
> > Folks,   
> > 
> > Please review the latest issuance of this document.    
> > 
> > In particular, there has been a change made to the text regarding
> > the default which would apply for the compression tag when its 
> > value is set to 9 (JBIG) as noted below in an excerpt from Annex C of the
> > document:  
> > 
> > "On the recommendation of the JBIG committee of ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG1, 
> > made T82Options = 0 (the default value) correspond to the T.85 
> > application profile; made corresponding changes in 5.4 and 8.5. 
> > The committee rationalized that T.85 is the minimum T.82 profile 
> > and it is also the most widely implemented profile." 
> > 
> > This is a change from the last rev as discussed at the Oslo WG 
> > meeting.   
> > 
> > The need to treat the various profiles of JBIG distinctly in TIFF-FX
> > seems essential; the key question is whether the approach 
> > contained in the document is the right way to go.   
> > 
> > As discussed
> > at Oslo, this kind of relatively small change that is an outgrowth 
> > of implementation experience would not cause the draft to recycle 
> > to proposed std.   
> > 
> > Please comment as to whether this change is supported by 
> > the members of this list.  
> > 
> > Thanks,  
> > 
> > James
> > 
> > At 07:03 AM 8/17/99 -0400, you wrote:
> > >A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts
> > directories.
> > >This draft is a work item of the Internet Fax Working Group of the IETF.
> > >
> > >   Title       : File Format for Internet Fax 
> > >   Author(s)   : R. Buckley,  D. Venable, S. Zilles,  L. McIntyre, 
> > >                          G. Parsons, J. Rafferty
> > >   Filename    : draft-ietf-fax-tiff-fx-02.txt
> > >   Pages       : 84
> > >   Date        : 16-Aug-99
> > >   
> > >This document is a revised version of Proposed Standard RFC 2301.
> > >The revisions, summarized in the list attached as Annex C to this 
> > >document, are based on the discussions and suggestions for improvements
> > >that have been made since the Proposed Standard was issued in March 1998,
> > and on the results of independent implementations and interoperability
> > testing.
> > 
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