[CREATE] Fwd: [Gimp-developer] OpenPalette Implementation.

[Jon Phillips]

On Thu, 2007-11-29 at 16:13 -0500, Liam R E Quin wrote:
> On Sun, 2007-11-25 at 17:46 -0500, Hubert Figuiere wrote:
> > On Sun, 2007-11-25 at 17:35 -0500, Leonard Rosenthol wrote:
> > > However, you are correct that at this time, Adobe is still the  
> > > "maintainer" of the XMP specification.  We've been in talks with a  
> > > variety of standards bodies concerning trying to make it "fully  
> > > open", but it's difficult to find one that has expertise in both  
> > > metadata and XML, so that it would thrive there and not "die on the  
> > > vine".  We're open for any suggestions - especially from those that  
> > > would participate in a open standardization process.
> > 
> > W3C seems to me a good candidate. They already standardize RDF.
> 
> We'd certainly be happy to talk about the possibility of doing
> XMP work at W3C.  We (W3C) don't do "rubber stamping" of specs,
> so there is the liklihood that it would become somewhat changed
> in the process.
> 
> Leonard, I'm guessing you know how to get in touch with us via
> your W3C Advisory Committee representative, or feel free to contact
> me directly if I can help.
> 
> Liam

I fwd'd this email to the XMP product manager at Adobe, Gunar Penikis,
as well...I'd love to see this happen!

Jon

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