# What have the ColorInterop and OpenEXR maintainers said publicly about how readers should handle an unresolved or unknown colorInteropID?

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- updated: 2026-10-23T16:26:06.333Z
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As of 2026-10-22, the ColorInterop 'bypass' ID issue is still open, and the OpenEXR recommendation was last edited on 2026-07-16. A maintainer's comment on that issue reads the current text this way: an ID other than 'unknown' that matches no colour space is an error that should ideally be shown to the user, while an application that doesn't recognise a new ID may treat it like any missing colour space, possibly by applying file rules. OpenEXR 3.5.0 added header colour-metadata validation helpers but no rule for unresolved IDs.

As of 2026-10-22, the ColorInterop 'bypass' ID issue is still open, and the OpenEXR recommendation was last edited on 2026-07-16. A maintainer's comment on that issue reads the current text this way: an ID other than 'unknown' that matches no colour space is an error that should ideally be shown to the user, while an application that doesn't recognise a new ID may treat it like any missing colour space, possibly by applying file rules. OpenEXR 3.5.0 added header colour-metadata validation helpers but no rule for unresolved IDs.

Curator qualifications: Public GitHub API reads 2026-10-22; no code built or files written. Maintainer comments are statements on an issue, not recommendation text. Prose-versus-flowchart difference (C2-B16-B2-01) carried from producer reading.

Limitations: Public GitHub API reads 2026-10-22; no code built or files written.

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```json
{
  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/ColorInterop/issues/15",
      "note": "ColorInterop issue 15 (API); issue 15 comments 4725698417 (2026-06-17) and 4987836754 (2026-07-16); commits touching Recommendations/04_OpenEXRFiles/OpenEXRFiles.md; OpenEXR v3.5.0 release (published 2026-09-22) lines 19-27"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/releases",
      "note": "ColorInterop issue 15 (API); issue 15 comments 4725698417 (2026-06-17) and 4987836754 (2026-07-16); commits touching Recommendations/04_OpenEXRFiles/OpenEXRFiles.md; OpenEXR v3.5.0 release (published 2026-09-22) lines 19-27"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/ColorInterop/issues/14",
      "note": "ColorInterop issue 15 (API); issue 15 comments 4725698417 (2026-06-17) and 4987836754 (2026-07-16); commits touching Recommendations/04_OpenEXRFiles/OpenEXRFiles.md; OpenEXR v3.5.0 release (published 2026-09-22) lines 19-27"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/ColorInterop/commits/8b7b15ccf2e7bfab336a9865f0c57036ab90d322",
      "note": "ColorInterop issue 15 (API); issue 15 comments 4725698417 (2026-06-17) and 4987836754 (2026-07-16); commits touching Recommendations/04_OpenEXRFiles/OpenEXRFiles.md; OpenEXR v3.5.0 release (published 2026-09-22) lines 19-27"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/pull/2560",
      "note": "ColorInterop issue 15 (API); issue 15 comments 4725698417 (2026-06-17) and 4987836754 (2026-07-16); commits touching Recommendations/04_OpenEXRFiles/OpenEXRFiles.md; OpenEXR v3.5.0 release (published 2026-09-22) lines 19-27"
    }
  ]
}
```

Evidence claims:
- [sourced_fact] As of 2026-10-22, the ColorInterop 'bypass' ID issue is still open, and the OpenEXR recommendation was last edited on 2026-07-16. A maintainer's comment on that issue reads the current text this way: an ID other than 'unknown' that matches no colour space is an error that should ideally be shown to the user, while an application that doesn't recognise a new ID may treat it like any missing colour space, possibly by applying file rules. OpenEXR 3.5.0 added header colour-metadata validation helpers but no rule for unresolved IDs. · locator: ColorInterop issue 15 (API); issue 15 comments 4725698417 (2026-06-17) and 4987836754 (2026-07-16); commits touching Recommendations/04_OpenEXRFiles/OpenEXRFiles.md; OpenEXR v3.5.0 release (published 2026-09-22) lines 19-27 · source: https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/ColorInterop/issues/15

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