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@@ -1,7 +1,23 @@
 
+NOTE:  Sept/2004 
+
+The following described approach to managing tag extensions has been
+mostly superceeded since libtiff 3.6.0.  The described approach requires
+internal knowledge of the libtiff API and tends to be very fragile 
+in the face of libtiff upgrades.  
+
+Please read over the html/addingtags.html in preference to the below
+described approach.
+
+
+
+==================================
+
 Client module for adding to LIBTIFF tagset
 -------------------------------------------
   Author: Niles Ritter
+
+
   
 
 In the past, users of the "libtiff" package had to modify the