Re: Image files

Possibly the guideline for image formats could be to limit them to
the formats supported by commonly available web browsers. The list
for Netscape, for example, is:

GIF (Graphics Interchange Format)
JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group)
XPM (X PixMap)
XBM (X BitMap)

And of course web browsers can display text, too. Taking this one
step further, could we have a reference to an HTML file instead of
just an image file name? The URL could point to local files, or to
elsewhere on the web.

I guess I am leaning in the direction of using web pages to show
information that is not intended for machine parsing. Although an
image file *could* be displayed in my own tool, I think I would
settle for a "View data sheet" button.

Mike

apanella@molex.com wrote:
>
> As stated:
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> While the Connector Committee debated this point, I am wondering
> if the image files could just be "recommended" as .jpg or .txt formats.
> The statement "may be either" must be changed to "must be either"
> or else "is recommended to be either". New formats might emerge.
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>
> >From a model suppliers perspective.... I think that this is OK. However,
> would that potentially make it real difficult for the simulator vendors? The
> simulator vendor will then need to support many different type.... what ever
> type the model supplier wants to supply. I am not sure that this is fair....???
>
> _gus
> apanella@molex.com
> 630-527-4617
Received on Thu Jan 13 07:23:20 2000