30D and new RAW format?

You miss the point. Regardless of what metadata's added to the raw sensor data, a RAW file contains the individual sensor cell readings, not a "true" colour. So a RAW file is dependent on the sensor layout and the camera's metadata. But the image proper isn't affected by any metadata. That may be used in post-processing, or in in-camera processing of the JPEG, but it has no effect on the raw sensor data. Long Exposure Noise Reduction may be applied to the raw signal, but that's applied on a pixel-by-pixel basis too. Again, it doesn't affect the file format. Sharpening, colour boosting, contrast changes and the like are only applied in post-processing, whether to the data stream in-camera when you're shooting JPEG or in the computer later. But the thing is, since a RAW file contains both direct sensor signal capture and camera-specific metadata, the structure and content of which changes from model to model, a "standard" RAW will lose metadata from a new camera.

RAW data may be recorded in a sensor-specific way, but it can be stored in a different format without loss. Try this: open your raw file in Adobe Camera Raw, click the "Save..." button, and save it as a .dng file. Guess what? You've just saved the original RAW data in a new format that doesn't suck.

The DIGIC II processor is responsible for relaying the RAW data to memory and could restructure the data WITHOUT LOSS in a consistent format that is extensible. e.g. dng. Some vendors do this already e.g. Leica, Hasselblad.

There doesn't need to be a camera specific format, although there could be camera-specific meta-data. New data and information could be added for new models without breaking older software unless there was a major change, e.g. different number of bits captured. It's really not that hard guys.

The noise reduction I referred to previously was CMOS on-chip unrelated to post-processing. See the Canon webiste on CMOS technology for details.

I have half a dozen programmers working on converting wierd and specific formats for signals and other data into open and extensible formats (losslessly). Camera raw formats aren't a technical issue, Canon, Nikon et.al. just can't be stuffed making it easier.