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From: alanr@rd.bbc.co.uk (Alan Roberts)
Subject: Re: Color space FAQ
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John Grieggs (grieggs@netcom.com) wrote:
: In article <EDDINS.95Jan11121240@grainger>,
: Steve Eddins <eddins@mathworks.com> wrote:
: >   Sender: david.bourgin@ufrima.imag.fr (David Bourgin)
: >   Keywords: Color space FAQ
: >
: >   [...]
: >
: >I don't normally follow comp.graphics, but in sci.image.processing
: >there seems to be some considerable controversy over the accuracy of
: >the answers in this FAQ.  Bourgin has not posted any responses to the
: >criticisms in s.i.p.  Other posters have suggested an alternative
: >document that is available in pdf format from an anonymous ftp site.
: >
: Yes, I've seen those recommendations too, but I object to deleting
: this posting without a suitable replacement.  Usenet FAQs are, for
: the most part, ASCII documents.  In many cases, alternative formats
: are being added as well (HTML, etc) but there must exist an ASCII
: version which is somewhat regularly posted in order for a FAQ to exist.

: PDF format is the format used by Adobe Acrobat.  I can't play Acrobat
: files on my Amiga, and I'm not sure that I can play them on some of
: my other operating systems either.  If the author of the PDF thingie is
: willing to maintain an ASCII version as well, then I'm all for it.

: >Given the lack of support for this FAQ, does anyone object to the
: >notion of contacting news-answers-request@mit.edu and asking them to
: >kill the automatic posting?
: >
: Yes, I object.  Now if someone wanted to take it over and update it to
: be accurate, that I would go along with.

: Note that David did take comments on his FAQ for months, before he was
: called to national service.  I am a bit curious as to where the experts
: were during that period?  :)

: I would also support a Usenet-friendly (ASCII) replacement.

The "experts" were busy, writing.

Charles Poynton, adrian Ford, and I, have compiled three documents which
can take over the information content role if this FAQ. We tried for a
large part of last year to get David to improve his FAQ by taking out
the more wild errors, and rewrite the rest, but it proved far too
onerous a task. we decided that since the entire document needed to be
rewritten, we would rather start again. So we did.

Meanwhile, David went away to do his National Service and our documents
were duly compiled and posted at ftp sites.

Now, if you want to have documents posted here regularly in ASCII, you
have to realise that we are talking about big documents (I mean really
big). I can't do it because BBC does not support that sort of thing, nor
can Charles yet (although he objects to posting in ASCII, ask him why).
Adrian could arrange it.

Do you want us to pursue this?

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