Re: EverPlay

[Larry Ewing <lewing novell com>]

I saw this but the legalese on the form was too dense for me to figure
out what exactly what I would be agreeing to, so I didn't look at the
spec.  The rest of the website is very short on details. 

--Larry

On Tue, 2006-02-28 at 07:58 +1100, Bengt Thuree wrote:
> Not to sure if this is supposed to compete with EXIF/IPTC/XMP or what.
> Anyway, here is the link
> http://www.everplay-spec.org/what/index.html
> 
> short summary
> -------------
> EVERPLAY contains a set of standards for the consumer imaging and
> electronics industry, aimed to provide products that are designed to
> satisfy consumers desire to protect their image assets for generations
> and provide interoperability across a variety of devices.
> 
> The EVERPLAY standard has defined the rules for preserving photographic
> images and associated meta data, so that they can be reproduced and
> enjoyed even through the transition to future storage media and
> technologies.
> EVERPLAY enables evolution of an individual company's system/products
> while at the same time sustaining interoperability and preserving the
> photographic images.
> 
> 
> Q5. What meta-data can be written in EVERPLAY ? When/How is this
> meta-data utilized ?
>  
> A5.
> EVERPLAY shall record EXIF meta data, such as date and time, inputted by
> the camera. It also allows recording of additional scene data from PCs,
> consumer electronics devices, digital still cameras and Photo Kiosks, if
> desired. Any EVERPLAY compliant product developed for the purpose of
> searching images and/or displaying slide shows can mutually utilize the
> meta data defined by the EVERPLAY specification.
> 
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