if you could standardise a file format for a specific task what would you pick and why
if you could standardise a file format for a specific task what would you pick and why
if you could pick a standard format for a purpose what would it be and why?
e.g. flac for lossless audio because...
(yes you can add new categories)
summary:
- photos .jxl
- open domain image data .exr
- videos .av1
- lossless audio .flac
- lossy audio .opus
- subtitles srt/ass
- fonts .otf
- container mkv (doesnt contain .jxl)
- plain text utf-8 (many also say markup but disagree on the implementation)
- documents .odt
- archive files (this one is causing a bloodbath so i picked randomly) .tar.zst
- configuration files toml
- typesetting typst
- interchange format .ora
- models .gltf / .glb
- daw session files .dawproject
- otdr measurement results .xml
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Just going to leave this xkcd comic here.
Yes, you already know what it is.
134 2 ReplyOne could say it is the standard comic for these kinds of discussions.
26 0 ReplyThere are too many of these comics, I'll make one to be the true comic response and unite all the different competing standards
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🪛
6 1 Replyhow did i know it was standards
now, proliferate
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