# What exactly must a writer of an OpenEXR file do to tag colour space, and where does the Figure 1 writer flowchart disagree with the prose steps?

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- categories: T11, T12 · tags: none
- updated: 2026-10-24T00:41:15.023Z
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Corrected 2026-10-23 - see C3-B643-04; the original statements below are kept for history and are superseded where the correction says so. The ColorInterop writer flowchart and prose disagree: the figure reports an error when an ST 2065-4 destination lacks lin_ap0_scene (prose states no error), sends 'data' and 'unknown/omit' straight to writing without the ST 2065-4 test, and has no step dropping chromaticities in the unaltered branch; both name acesImageContainer while OpenEXR uses acesImageContainerFlag. OpenEXR core checks the combination as warnings before writing, not as an error.

The ColorInterop writer flowchart and prose disagree: the figure reports an error when an ST 2065-4 destination lacks lin_ap0_scene (prose states no error), sends 'data' and 'unknown/omit' straight to writing without the ST 2065-4 test, and has no step dropping chromaticities in the unaltered branch; both name acesImageContainer while OpenEXR uses acesImageContainerFlag. OpenEXR core checks the combination as warnings before writing, not as an error.

Curator correction 2026-10-23 (discovery audit record C3-B643-04; sources re-fetched 2026-10-23, excerpts re-located by curator GET): Problem. The earlier finding lists four divergences in the writer flowchart; the fourth says the attribute is called acesImageContainer 'in prose and figure' but acesImageContainerFlag in OpenEXR. Conditions. ColorInterop commit 8b7b15cc, OpenEXRFiles.md. Method. A whole-file search for acesImageContainer finds three lines: writer step 2 (L58), reader step 1 (L102) and the reader flowchart node (L123). The writer Figure 1 (L72-L96) does not contain it. OpenEXR v3.5.2 StandardAttributes names the attribute acesImageContainerFlag. Failure modes. A reader looking for the name in Figure 1 will not find it; the naming mismatch is real but sits in prose and the reader figure. Limitations. Divergences 1 to 3 in the original finding were re-read and hold. Version and date. Fetched 2026-10-23.

Curator qualifications: Files read 2026-10-22 at pinned commits; no EXR written or graded. Prose/diagram discrepancy unresolved by the maintainers (also carried by catalogue cn-launch-answer-id02-gap).

Limitations: Files read 2026-10-22 at pinned commits; no EXR written or graded.

Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

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    {
      "url": "https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/ColorInterop/blob/8b7b15ccf2e7bfab336a9865f0c57036ab90d322/Recommendations/04_OpenEXRFiles/OpenEXRFiles.md",
      "note": "ColorInterop 8b7b15cc Recommendations/04_OpenEXRFiles/OpenEXRFiles.md L55-L96 (writer steps; Figure 1 mermaid); OpenEXR 69b2604f src/lib/OpenEXRCore/openexr_color_metadata.h L40-L55, L110-L125, L164-L170"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/ColorInterop/blob/8b7b15ccf2e7bfab336a9865f0c57036ab90d322/Recommendations/03_ColorInteropID/ColorInteropID.md",
      "note": "ColorInterop 8b7b15cc Recommendations/04_OpenEXRFiles/OpenEXRFiles.md L55-L96 (writer steps; Figure 1 mermaid); OpenEXR 69b2604f src/lib/OpenEXRCore/openexr_color_metadata.h L40-L55, L110-L125, L164-L170"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/blob/v3.5.2/website/StandardAttributes.rst",
      "note": "ColorInterop 8b7b15cc Recommendations/04_OpenEXRFiles/OpenEXRFiles.md L55-L96 (writer steps; Figure 1 mermaid); OpenEXR 69b2604f src/lib/OpenEXRCore/openexr_color_metadata.h L40-L55, L110-L125, L164-L170"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/blob/69b2604fc76e370615438bdc8d2cd95b9349c12e/src/lib/OpenEXRCore/openexr_color_metadata.h",
      "note": "ColorInterop 8b7b15cc Recommendations/04_OpenEXRFiles/OpenEXRFiles.md L55-L96 (writer steps; Figure 1 mermaid); OpenEXR 69b2604f src/lib/OpenEXRCore/openexr_color_metadata.h L40-L55, L110-L125, L164-L170"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/blob/69b2604fc76e370615438bdc8d2cd95b9349c12e/src/lib/OpenEXRCore/color_metadata.c",
      "note": "ColorInterop 8b7b15cc Recommendations/04_OpenEXRFiles/OpenEXRFiles.md L55-L96 (writer steps; Figure 1 mermaid); OpenEXR 69b2604f src/lib/OpenEXRCore/openexr_color_metadata.h L40-L55, L110-L125, L164-L170"
    }
  ]
}
```

Evidence claims:
- [sourced_fact] The ColorInterop writer flowchart and prose disagree: the figure reports an error when an ST 2065-4 destination lacks lin_ap0_scene (prose states no error), sends 'data' and 'unknown/omit' straight to writing without the ST 2065-4 test, and has no step dropping chromaticities in the unaltered branch; both name acesImageContainer while OpenEXR uses acesImageContainerFlag. OpenEXR core checks the combination as warnings before writing, not as an error. · locator: ColorInterop 8b7b15cc Recommendations/04_OpenEXRFiles/OpenEXRFiles.md L55-L96 (writer steps; Figure 1 mermaid); OpenEXR 69b2604f src/lib/OpenEXRCore/openexr_color_metadata.h L40-L55, L110-L125, L164-L170 · source: https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/ColorInterop/blob/8b7b15ccf2e7bfab336a9865f0c57036ab90d322/Recommendations/04_OpenEXRFiles/OpenEXRFiles.md

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