You might want to read the following article where the authors decided not to use JPEG2000 for their project for several reason. Here are three of them:
1. JPEG2000 does not preserve the TIFF technical metadata when converted to JPEG2000 2. JPEG2000 files are more inconvenient to OCR than TIFF 3. JPEG2000 has no browser support yet From TIFF to JPEG 2000? (D-Lib Magazine, November/December 2009) http://www.dlib.org/dlib/november09/kulovits/11kulovits.html Peter Michael Stocking wrote: > I'd recommend taking a look at the Djatoka Image Server project coming out of > Los Alamos. It's designed to serve up JPEG2000s in a variety of ways in > real-world scenarios: > http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/djatoka/index.php?title=Main_Page > > They presented at Open Repositories last year I think. > M > ========================= > Michael Stocking > Managing Director > Armadillo Systems > 300 Kensal Road > London W10 5BE > +44 (0)20 8960 8600 > michael at armadillosystems.com > www.armadillosystems.com > www.turningthepages.com > http://digitalcultureonline.blogspot.com/ > > > > > On 10 Mar 2010, at 23:47, Perian Sully wrote: > > >> Thanks everyone for your responses so far. >> >> I should clarify that what I'm looking at is not to replace the NEFs to >> JPEG2000, but the first-tier derivative TIFs. Mostly I'm considering >> JPEG2000 as a space-saving measure, to have very large files accessible >> internally, or from which to create images for rights& reproduction >> use. >> >> For the most part, our only "free range" images are the lower-quality >> JPGs that we publish in our online database. We don't have a zoomify >> function or anything like that, so I publish these images in full. >> >> ~P >> >> Perian Sully >> Collections Information Manager >> Web Programs Strategist >> The Magnes >> Berkeley, CA >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of >> Chuck Patch >> Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 3:34 PM >> To: Museum Computer Network Listserv >> Subject: Re: [MCN-L] ye olde TIF vs. JPEG2000 debate >> >> Hi Perian, >> >> Before making a major commitment to JP2000, you might consider >> converting >> those NEF's to DNG, which remains (so far as I am aware - and I expect >> others to jump in momentarily) more widely implemented than JP2000. >> There >> are certainly more tools that can use it. As you go forward, you need to >> consider what your clients can use/want. >> >> Chuck >> >> On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 6:11 PM, Perian Sully<psully at magnes.org> wrote: >> >> >>> Howdy everyone: >>> >>> I'm in the midst of reprocessing all (!!) of our image assets from >>> >> .NEF >> >>> (a RAW format) and I'm wondering if I should take another look at >>> JPEG2000 now. >>> >>> When I first started imaging the collection, JPEG2000 was in its >>> >> infancy >> >>> and not widely adopted. As a result, I have my master files in NEF and >>> TIF, my high-quality derivatives in TIF, and my accessible and >>> >> web-ready >> >>> images in JPG. >>> >>> Part of this reprocessing will including making new copies of the >>> high-quality derivatives as well as the accessible JPGs. So I'm >>> wondering if I should replace the HQ derivative TIFs with JPEG2000 at >>> this time. >>> >>> Anyone have any opinions, experiences or suggestions before I commit >>> >> to >> >>> this? >>> >>> ~Perian >>> >>> Perian Sully >>> Collections Information Manager >>> Web Programs Strategist >>> The Magnes >>> 2911 Russell St. >>> Berkeley, CA 94705 >>> Work: 510-549-6950 x 357 >>> Fax: 510-849-3673 >>> http://www.magnes.org >>> http://www.musematic.org >>> http://www.mediaandtechnology.org >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum >>> >> Computer >> >>> Network (http://www.mcn.edu) >>> >>> To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu >>> >>> To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: >>> http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l >>> >>> The MCN-L archives can be found at: >>> http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/ >>> >>> >> >> -- >> Chuck Patch >> Museum Information Management Consulting >> 403 Edgevale Rd >> Baltimore MD 21210 >> 410-366-3613 >> _______________________________________________ >> You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum >> Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) >> >> To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu >> >> To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: >> http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l >> >> The MCN-L archives can be found at: >> http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/ >> _______________________________________________ >> You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer >> Network (http://www.mcn.edu) >> >> To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu >> >> To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: >> http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l >> >> The MCN-L archives can be found at: >> http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/ >> > > _______________________________________________ > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer > Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > The MCN-L archives can be found at: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/ > -- Peter MacDonald Library Information Systems Specialist Hamilton College Library pmacdona at hamilton.edu 315-859-4493
