XP Mail Archive: Re: XP> Request for discussion of the inter

Re: XP> Request for discussion of the interactions of EXIF orientation ma rkers and a CSS image orientation property

From: don@lexmark.com
Date: Tue Jan 07 2003 - 09:14:33 EST

  • Next message: ElliottBradshaw@oaktech.com: "Re: XP> Request for discussion of the interactions of EXIF orientation ma rkers and a CSS image orientation property"

    Jim:

    I agree to:

    1) Make the processing of EXIF markers optional.
    2) State that any (future?) XHTML or CSS markup affecting image orientation
    shall take precedence over the EXIF markers

    **********************************************
     Don Wright don@lexmark.com

     Chair, IEEE SA Standards Board
     Member, IEEE-ISTO Board of Directors
     f.wright@ieee.org / f.wright@computer.org

     Director, Alliances & Standards
     Lexmark International
     740 New Circle Rd
     Lexington, Ky 40550
     859-825-4808 (phone) 603-963-8352 (fax)
    **********************************************

    "BIGELOW,JIM (HP-Boise,ex1)" <jim.bigelow@hp.com>@pwg.org on 01/06/2003
    09:01:28 PM

    Sent by: owner-xp@pwg.org

    To: PWG XHTML-Print <xp@pwg.org>
    cc:
    Subject: XP> Request for discussion of the interactions of EXIF
           orientation ma rkers and a CSS image orientation property

    Hello,

    The XHTML-Print specification states how an enhanced layout printer should
    handle EXIF markers in JPEG images
    (http://www.pwg.org/xhtml-print/HTML-Version/XHTML-Print.html#a_jpeg.3).

       A JPEG decoder for an XHTML-Print implementation which
       supports the Enhanced Layout Extension shall decode the
       TIFF IFDs embedded in the EXIF APP1 and APP2 markers, as
       described in Section 2.6.4 of [JEIDA]. The following IFDs
       shall be fully supported (i.e. they shall not be ignored).
       Tag Name: Image Orientation
       Field Name: Orientation
       Description: Sets image orientation in 90-degree increments,
                    and enables transposition.

    This requirement was discussed at the April and June 2002 meetings. See
    http://www.pwg.org/xhtml-print/minutes/Minutes-June-24-2002.html and
    http://www.pwg.org/xhtml-print/minutes/Minutes-April-17-2002.txt The June
    meeting decide to make the processing of EXIF markers optional. Therefore,
    text above should be changed to say "may decode" from "shall decode" and
    "shall be fully supported (i.e., shall not be ignored)." becomes "may be
    supported."

       A JPEG decoder for an XHTML-Print implementation which
       supports the Enhanced Layout Extension may decode the
       TIFF IFDs embedded in the EXIF APP1 and APP2 markers, as
       described in Section 2.6.4 of [JEIDA]. The following IFDs
       may be supported.
       Tag Name: Image Orientation
       Field Name: Orientation
       Description: Sets image orientation in 90-degree increments,
                    and enables transposition.

    Melinda Grant posed a question in the June meeting about optional support
    for EXIF markers and a future CSS property that specified image orientation
    and how the two would interact. The CSS working group of the W3C is
    currently considering an image orientation property, so this concern could
    come up in one to two years.

    I propose that a CSS property, if present, take precedence over the image's
    EXIF orientation markers.

    Comments?

    Jim Bigelow,
    Editor: XHTML-Print & CSS Print Profile
    IEEE, Printer Working Group
    http://www.pwg.org/xhtml-print
    Hewlett-Packard
    208-396-2068
    jim.bigelow@hp.com



    This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Tue Jan 07 2003 - 09:36:44 EST