- There were several requests for changes in how the spatial coordinate information is stored and represented (qform and sform) or even suggestions that the coordinate handedness should be forced/fixed, and multiple transformations be incorporated. The original intention of the proposed NIfTI-2 format was to create an easy to implement upgrade of the existing NIfTI-1 standard that maintains the same information and the same logic. This was a very important point in getting many of the developers to agree to implement this NIfTI-2 standard. Several developers depend on the way that the qform and sform information is currently implemented in NIfTI-1 and changes in meaning or even storage method could cause problems and delays in implementing the NIfTI-2 standard.  The qform and sform issues are therefore much bigger issues than being considered for NIfTI-2 and would alter the logic involved in any implementation compared to NIfTI-1. Therefore, although these issues are extremely important, we feel they are more appropriate for the upcoming discussions on future formats where such major changes to the logic and implementation can be made without restriction. All comments should therefore be forwarded to the discussion forum for future formats.