*** DO NOT VOTE FOR THIS RFE! VOTE FOR SPECIFIC FORMATS ONLY! ***

  In order to gather customer feedback on which image file formats to
prioritize, we have opened a series of RFEs, each requesting a reader or writer
plug-in for a particular format.

  By allowing Java users to cast Bug Parade votes, we hope to get a better
sense of what formats are needed. Note that many users may require only
a reader and not a writer, or vice versa, for a particular format; for example,
a web application might serve an archive of TIFF images, converting them
to GIF, JPEG, or PNG dynamically in order to faciliate browser access.
Such an application has no need to write TIFF or to read PNG.

  The list of RFEs is as follows:

                        Reader Writer

ART 4341711 4341712
BMP 4339384 4339462
DICOM 4339472 4339473
DPX/Cineon 4339395 4339423
EXIF JPEG 4339386 4339463
FITS 4339393 4339421
FlashPix 4339398 4339411
GIF 4339387 4339415
JPEG 4339385 4339465
JPEG2000 4341620 4341708
MNG 4339403 4339406
NITF/BIIF 4339402 4339466
PCX 4339389 4339418
Photo CD 4339469 4339470
PNG 4339381 4339467
PNM 4339383 4339431
SGI RGB 4339391 4339468
Sun Raster 4339392 4339420
TGA 4339397 4339424
TIFF 4339380 4339429
XBM 4339388 4339417

  Additional RFEs for formats not listed will be added if there is demand.
Send email to ###@###.### with any requests. This RFE may be used as
a place for general discussion of the selection process.

daniel.rice@Eng 2000-05-18