## References ##

Microsoft has some documentation available:

  * Programming Guide for DDS:
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb943991.aspx

  * Reference for DDS:
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb943992.aspx

  * Compressed Texture Resources (Direct3D 9):
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb204843.aspx

  * Block Compression (Direct3D 10):
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb694531.aspx

The OpenGL extensions also document the block compression formats:

  * DXT1, DXT3 and DXT5 (equivalent to BC1, BC2 and BC3):
> http://www.opengl.org/registry/specs/EXT/texture_compression_s3tc.txt

  * LATC and RGTC (equivalent to BC4 and BC5):
> http://www.opengl.org/registry/specs/EXT/texture_compression_latc.txt	<br>
<blockquote><a href='http://www.opengl.org/registry/specs/EXT/texture_compression_rgtc.txt'>http://www.opengl.org/registry/specs/EXT/texture_compression_rgtc.txt</a></blockquote>

<ul><li>BPTC (equivalent to BC6 and BC7):<br>
</li></ul><blockquote><a href='http://www.opengl.org/registry/specs/ARB/texture_compression_bptc.txt'>http://www.opengl.org/registry/specs/ARB/texture_compression_bptc.txt</a>