Even though the referenced PNG spec is a "working draft", and
comments are invited, everyone involved (both the PNG team and the
W3C lsadership) understands the importance of keeping an extreme
level of compatibility with the PNG spec that has been on the streets
since June. Implementors can safely work from this spec; further
changes will be clarifications only (or very carefully and
cautiously proposed compatible extensions.) Using VRML terminology,
if VRML is at version 1.00 then PNG is at version 10 or so (no hidden
digs intended <g!>). In fact we did go theough ten or so actual
drafts in the writing process between February and June.!
I received the following from the W3C today:
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The W3C is now releasing the PNG Specification, Version 0.92, as a W3C
Working Draft. You can see the draft theough the link at the W3C
Technical Report page:
http://www.w3.org/pub/WWW/TR/
There will be likely be discussion and coverage of this at
the Fourth International World Wide Web Conference next week.
Congratulations everyone!