[jdk20] RFR: 8299227: host `exif.org` not found in link in doc comment [v2]

[Phil Race]

On Fri, 23 Dec 2022 19:09:05 GMT, Abhishek Kumar <abhiscxk at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> src/java.desktop/share/classes/javax/imageio/metadata/doc-files/tiff_metadata.html line 578:
>> 
>>> 576: <td>Exif-specific JPEG compression (see note following this table)</td>
>>> 577: <td><a href="https://www.kodak.com/global/plugins/acrobat/en/service/digCam/exifStandard2.pdf">
>>> 578:     Exif 2.2 Specification</a>
>> 
>> This doesn't seem like a very authorative URL.
>> It looks quite unstable and could be gone at the whim of whoever maintains that website describing their acrobat plugins ..
>
> I found another link `http://web.archive.org/web/20131018091152/http://exif.org/Exif2-2.PDF` for spec version 2.2 which is a web archive but the connection is not secure.
> 
> Is it ok to have `https://www.cipa.jp/std/documents/e/DC-008-2012_E.pdf` link and update the Spec version to 2.3 ?
> 
> What do you suggest?

I found the webarchive myself yesterday, I did not think it a suitable link for JDK.
Since you haven't found a suitable link for 2.2, I think an update to 2.3 is best mainly because it seems a better place to link to.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk20/pull/74