2007/11/21, Stephen Bain <stephen.bain(a)gmail.com>om>:
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.
The important thing about having a RAW format is that people can
process it again to produce an image that suits their conditions,
which is particularly advantageous for print applications.
The disadvantage is that RAW files will not be directly usable in
Wikimedia projects. RAW images can be processed automatically and
transformed on the fly into JPGs, but the quality will not be good in most
cases. So even uploading RAW, someone has also to upload a processed JPG
file in order to have an usable copy.
I'm not saying we should not allow RAW pictures, I'm just saying that we
should not encourage to upload RAW-only versions. Or... we should have a
team with enough expertise to produce good quality JPGs from that RAW
pictures.
Barcex