Automatic Exposure: Capturing Technical Metadata for Digital Still Images

DLF Fall Forum, 25-27 October 2004

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Leveraging Existing Specifications – Available Metadata

§TIFF (the present)

–Option 1: Technical metadata in fileheader tags

–Option 2: EXIF 2.2

•Extension of TIFF fileheader tags (JPEG/TIFF files)

§JPEG 2000 (the future)

–Metadata based on DIG35


	The specifications listed on this slide represent the current options a digital camera has of saving the technical metadata at the time of capture. The question for us is: can these specifications be leveraged to satisfy NISO Z39.87?