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Which OpenEXR header attributes carry colour meaning, which one is now preferred, and how should readers and writers treat them?

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Scope: attribute inventory only; for reader behaviour see the OpenEXR reader-rules record C2-B16-B2-01. As an inventory, the five optional colour attributes at OpenEXR v3.5.2 and the chromaticities-superseded note are confirmed in pinned bytes (same bytes as S3 of C2-B16-B2-01).

Scope: attribute inventory only; for reader behaviour see the OpenEXR reader-rules record C2-B16-B2-01. As an inventory, the five optional colour attributes at OpenEXR v3.5.2 and the chromaticities-superseded note are confirmed in pinned bytes (same bytes as S3 of C2-B16-B2-01). Curator qualifications: Reader-behaviour presentation (F5 per audit: 'acesImageContainerFlag' as the attribute the recommendation keys on, without noting prose 'present' vs flowchart 'set' and naming difference) is superseded in scope by C2-B16-B2-01/-03. OIIO write-policy findings (F3) and core API mapping (E5) not reinspected. Static reading only; no OpenEXR/OIIO build, no file written or read, no execution. Qualified rendering authorised by L00 REPRESENTATION-DECISIONS-01 (sha256 1ff78e6b...); not additional evidence; no execution or independent review claimed. Limitations: Static reading only; no OpenEXR/OIIO build, no file written or read, no execution. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.
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  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/blob/v3.5.2/website/StandardAttributes.rst",
      "note": "StandardAttributes.rst lines 1216-1290; reading/writing sections"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/blob/v3.5.2/website/TechnicalIntroduction.rst",
      "note": "StandardAttributes.rst lines 1216-1290; reading/writing sections"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/ColorInterop/blob/8b7b15ccf2e7bfab336a9865f0c57036ab90d322/Recommendations/04_OpenEXRFiles/OpenEXRFiles.md",
      "note": "StandardAttributes.rst lines 1216-1290; reading/writing sections"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/blob/v3.5.2/src/lib/OpenEXRCore/openexr_color_metadata.h",
      "note": "StandardAttributes.rst lines 1216-1290; reading/writing sections"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/OpenImageIO/blob/febb1748a5a1b4f3da48d27aaae5a314b70c8f87/src/doc/builtinplugins.md",
      "note": "StandardAttributes.rst lines 1216-1290; reading/writing sections"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/OpenImageIO/blob/febb1748a5a1b4f3da48d27aaae5a314b70c8f87/src/openexr.imageio/exroutput.cpp",
      "note": "StandardAttributes.rst lines 1216-1290; reading/writing sections"
    }
  ]
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Evidence claims

  • [sourced_fact] Scope: attribute inventory only; for reader behaviour see the OpenEXR reader-rules record C2-B16-B2-01. As an inventory, the five optional colour attributes at OpenEXR v3.5.2 and the chromaticities-superseded note are confirmed in pinned bytes (same bytes as S3 of C2-B16-B2-01). · locator: StandardAttributes.rst lines 1216-1290; reading/writing sections source

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