Questions about the sources of standards

[Phil Harvey]

Yes it is time consuming.  I'm not in this to make money, although some generous people do send donations.  This is what I do for fun in my spare time.

- Phil

[Jom]

If I understand correctly, ExifTool is now the best solution for managing metadata and is used not only by individuals, but also by companies (am I right?).
Why then ExifTool is supported by one person and is not supported by any foundation or organization?
Did you receive offers?

[StarGeek]

but also by companies (am I right?).

Flickr uses exiftool on the back end.  See this page.  You can also see it on any photo page.  There's a link that says "Show EXIF" and the listing is very obviously output from exiftool.

Imatch, an extremely good DAM, uses exiftool as well.

[spiceagent11]

Why are links given here to archive.org but not to the original standards sites?

I've the same question.

[StarGeek]

It's a direct link to the file without having to deal with the disclaimer that CIPA uses to gatekeep the document.  Plus it allows viewing directly in the browser without having to save it to disk first.