- Commons currently doesn't accept any RAW formats for uncompressed original digital photography files. - DNG is a RAW format developed by Adobe, intended to be an open format. http://www.adobe.com/products/dng/index.html - ImageMagick supports DNG. http://www.imagemagick.org/script/formats.php - Format "patent license": http://www.adobe.com/products/dng/license.html Is this acceptable?
If the terms of the DNG format are acceptable, is there any reason we shouldn't request MW support for this format to be enabled and begin encouraging photographers to start using it? (I presume thumbnails would be generated as JPGs)
If we do this, are we likely to require an increase in the maximum filesize limit? (currently 20mb)
I emailed with a magazine publisher recently and he made this comment about Commons:
"There are indeed, some amazing images. I definitely believe that publishers could use this resource if they're in need of (one more image) to complete an existing project. But I'm uncertain about how publishable much of the content is, especially in the absence of higher resolution files (which disqualifies printing). "
So although our works are usually sufficient for web use, it seems clear that we cannot present ourselves as a serious kind of archivist, culture-recording project, without introducing a RAW format and encouraging people to use it.
regards, Brianna