<html xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)"> <style>  </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple> <div class=Section1> An alpha version (0.9.0) of the IccXML project has been released on sourceforge.  A ZIP file containing both source and binaries for Windows platforms as well as a tar.gz file containing source only for other platforms are now available for download.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> The IccXML project contains the IccLibXML library and two command line tools.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> IccLibXML library acts as an extension of SampleICC's IccProfLib. This extension provides inherited classes for the classes in IccProfLib that provide additional I/O routines to read and write the classes as XML files.  As such, it provides the means of converting ICC profiles into and out of an XML format (hereafter referred to as icc.XML).  Documentation for the schema for the icc.XML in the library can be found as part the ICCXML project distribution.   IccLibXML also uses libxml2 for the purposes of parsing XML files.  The libxml2 libraries need to be separately installed before building this project.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> This project is known to work with SampleICC's IccProfLib version 1.6.1.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Along with the IccLibXML library are two command line tools provided:<o:p></o:p> -IccToXML to convert an ICC profile file into an icc.XML file.<o:p></o:p> -IccFromXML to convert an icc.XML file into an ICC profile file.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Since IccLibXML is an extension of IccProfLib, an icc.XML file can be parsed creating a CIccProfile object, and then used as if it had been read from an ICC profile. <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> The purpose of the ICCXML project is to provide a means of converting the data in an ICC profile into a human readable, editable format that can then be converted back into something that can be used for color management.  <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Having an XML representation of ICC profiles is not meant as a replacement for ICC profiles.  XML is much less efficient in terms of storage, and many support mechanisms are already in place for the use of ICC profiles that will not operate well with XML data.  However, there are times where a human readable/editable form for ICC profile data can be useful.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Note: At this point the icc.XML schema used to represent ICC profiles has not been approved by the International Color Consortium (ICC).  This schema is currently subject to change, and has not undergone any process of formal standardization.  Additionally, the XML schema documentation and data representation should not be used as a replacement for the ICC profile specification provided by the ICC which does undergo a formal standardization process.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> At this point this project has been released to the public solely for the purpose of evaluation by individuals who may find this effort to be of some benefit.  This should not be considered as an officially sanctioned specification release by the International Color Consortium.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Max Derhak</u1:PersonName><o:p></o:p> Senior Software Architect<o:p></o:p> <a href="mailto:max.derhak@onyxgfx.com">max.derhak@onyxgfx.com</a><o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> </div> </body> </html>