Unfortunately, I don’t understand anything about IntoPix’s TicoRaw.
I know only that my bug-report at digikam the error, (that with converted dng of Panasonic a wrong lens is indicated), in very short time was eliminated. I was very impressed and of course pleased.
By the way digiKam converts, as does Adobe with the DNG SDK.
Then the dng will not be better than with Adobe itself, but you could become a bit more independent of Adobe.
And, as I said, I have the impression that digiKam is very active and gladly takes suggestions