[Gimp-user] Image file format of the future?

[Helmut Jarausch <jarausch skynet be>]

Hi, this sounds a bit off topic, but I don't think so.
With the advent of wide gamut monitors and televisions which use 10  
bits per colour, the current 8-bit jpeg file format is no more suitable.
And 16s bit per colour TIFF files are large and a bit overkill (for 10  
bits per colour).
Is there some new file format (new version of jpeg?) in progress and  
will Gimp support this?

I'm just curious,
Helmut