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A RAW repository, The Internet Archive and OpenRAW

Posted by timothy on from the awesome dept.

Stan writes "I just read this in the OpenRAW mailing list, OpenRAW plans to create a RAW repository, a final resting place for RAW file documentations of current and already abandoned digital cameras. The RAW repository will be hosted in the Internet Archive, which describes themselves as a digital archive of the Internet and other cultural artifacts. And they have all reasons to support OpenRAW, they currently photograph billions of book pages with cameras and store them in RAW format. Unfortunately the camera makers think different (which is not always a good thing)."

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  1. Which format again...? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny
    I just read this in the OpenRAW mailing list, OpenRAW plans to create a RAW repository, a final resting place for RAW file documentations of current and already abandoned digital cameras. The RAW repository will be hosted in the Internet Archive
    Sorry, you lost me there. Which format will this archive be covering?
  2. Re:Can anyone say... by coopseruantalon · · Score: 1, Funny

    Hmm, and where would that be?

  3. Re:Can anyone say... by meringuoid · · Score: 4, Funny

    Somewhere in the world where the Americans aren't in control? Closest you're going to get is probably Iraq...

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  4. Re:why? by croddy · · Score: 2, Funny

    oh, they do. just add -me to your search terms :-)