RFC 2306 (rfc2306) - Page 1 of 25
Tag Image File Format (TIFF) - F Profile for Facsimile
Alternative Format: Original Text Document
Network Working Group G. Parsons
Request for Comments: 2306 Northern Telecom
Category: Informational J. Rafferty
Human Communications
March 1998
Tag Image File Format (TIFF) - F Profile for Facsimile
Status of this Memo
This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does
not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this
memo is unlimited.
Copyright Notice
Copyright (C) The Internet Society (1998). All Rights Reserved.
Overview
This document describes in detail the definition of TIFF-F that is
used to store facsimile images. The TIFF-F encoding has been
folklore with no standard reference definition before this document.
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1. Abstract
This document references the Tag Image File Format (TIFF) to define
the F profile of TIFF for facsimile (TIFF-F) as a file format that
may be used for the storage and interchange of facsimile images.
2. TIFF Definition
TIFF (Tag Image File Format) Revision 6.0 is defined in detail within
[TIFF].
A brief review of concepts used in TIFF is included in this document
as background information, but the reader is directed to the original
TIFF specification [TIFF] to obtain specific technical details.
Parsons & Rafferty Informational
