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* Datasets becomes the new trunk and retires after that :-)
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1 .TH PNG 5 "May 8, 2008"
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2 .SH NAME
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3 png \- Portable Network Graphics (PNG) format
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4 .SH DESCRIPTION
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5 PNG (Portable Network Graphics) is an extensible file format for the
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6 lossless, portable, well-compressed storage of raster images. PNG provides
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7 a patent-free replacement for GIF and can also replace many
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8 common uses of TIFF. Indexed-color, grayscale, and truecolor images are
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9 supported, plus an optional alpha channel. Sample depths range from
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10 1 to 16 bits.
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11 .br
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13 PNG is designed to work well in online viewing applications, such as the
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14 World Wide Web, so it is fully streamable with a progressive display
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15 option. PNG is robust, providing both full file integrity checking and
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16 fast, simple detection of common transmission errors. Also, PNG can store
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17 gamma and chromaticity data for improved color matching on heterogeneous
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18 platforms.
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20 .SH "SEE ALSO"
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21 .IR libpng(3) ", " zlib(3) ", " deflate(5) ", and " zlib(5)
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22 .LP
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23 PNG specification (second edition), November 2003:
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24 .IP
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25 .br
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26 <http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/REC-PNG-20031110/
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27 PNG 1.2 specification, July 1999:
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28 .IP
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29 .br
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30 http://www.libpng.org/pub/png
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31 .LP
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32 PNG 1.0 specification, October 1996:
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33 .IP
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34 .br
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35 RFC 2083
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36 .IP
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37 .br
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38 ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org:/in-notes/rfc2083.txt
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39 .br
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40 or (as a W3C Recommendation) at
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41 .br
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42 http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-png.html
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43 .SH AUTHORS
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44 This man page: Glenn Randers-Pehrson
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45 .LP
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46 Portable Network Graphics (PNG) Specification (Second Edition)
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47 Information technology - Computer graphics and image processing -
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48 Portable Network Graphics (PNG): Functional specification.
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49 ISO/IEC 15948:2003 (E) (November 10, 2003): David Duce and others.
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50 .LP
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51 Portable Network Graphics (PNG) Specification Version 1.2 (July 8, 1999):
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52 Glenn Randers-Pehrson and others (png-list).
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53 .LP
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54 Portable Network Graphics (PNG) Specification Version 1.0 (October 1, 1996):
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55 Thomas Boutell and others (png-list).
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56 .LP
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59 .SH COPYRIGHT NOTICE
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60 .LP
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61 This man page is Copyright (c) 1998-2006 Glenn Randers-Pehrson. See png.h
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62 for conditions of use and distribution.
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63 .LP
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64 The PNG Specification (Second Edition) is
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65 Copyright (c) 2003 W3C. (MIT, ERCIM, Keio), All Rights Reserved.
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66 .LP
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67 The PNG-1.2 specification is copyright (c) 1999 Glenn Randers-Pehrson.
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68 See the specification for conditions of use and distribution.
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69 .LP
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70 The PNG-1.0 specification is copyright (c) 1996 Massachusetts Institute of
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71 Technology. See the specification for conditions of use and distribution.
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72 .LP
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73 .\" end of man page
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