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Name JPEG 2000 Codestream
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Identifiers PUID:  fmt/1794
MIME:  image/jp2
Family JPEG 2000
Classification Image (Raster)
Disclosure  
Description JPEG 2000 codestream (also known as J2K, J2C, or JPEG 2000 Part 1, Core Coding System) is the wavelet based compressed image format defined in Part 1 of the JPEG 2000 standard. Both lossy and lossless compression as supported. A JPEG 2000 codestream uses a variant of the JPEG format, with a nearly identical system of markers and segments.
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Related file formats None.
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Developed by None.
Supported by None.
Source Preservica / Preservica
Source date 11 Nov 2022
Source description 04/2024 (v.118)- Format added to JPEG 2000 format family. Submitted by Preservica.
Last updated 15 Apr 2024
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