From: Peter Jacobi (pj@walter-graphtek.com)
Date: Thu Jan 04 2001 - 03:59:47 EST
Hi Daniel, All,
> I think this is a packaging format problem. I have already suggested a
> format (in other forums), basically it's the following:
>
> - a ZIP file encapsulating a set of files
> - the first file is in an XML format and provides metadata
> (filename, URL, mime type, ...) for the content of the archive
> - the other elements in the archive can be either XML or binary
Are you suggesting 'the' ZIP format or do you mean any generic packed
archive format? If the former is the case, what's the rationale for
choosing ZIP over TAR/GZIP?
And to add another suggestion: The multiple 'forks' (XML, Binary) should
be virtualized in some kind, to a) exploit file systems who can provide
multiple forks per file natively (NTFS) b) use files withing a directory,
c) use MIME multipart, beside the d) the ZIP (or tar/gzip) implementation.
Sorry for suggesting more work for you.
Regards,
Peter Jacobi
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