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It's probably useful to also have a look at the earlier MIME/SGML work done in the IETF. > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Grosso [mailto:pgrosso@a...] > Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2000 1:26 PM > To: xml-dev@x... > Subject: Announcement of publication of W3C XML Packaging info > > > W3C XML Packaging Background Information > > 2000 July 26 > > Introduction > > >From time to time, there are mentions of "XML packaging" in > various public fora. The W3C XML Activity has some bit of > history in this area, but it does not have the resources > to address XML packaging at the present time. Therefore, > the W3C XML Coordination Group (CG) [1] has decided to > publish the existing background information in the hopes > that it may be of some use to any public efforts to address > these issues. > > Status of Packaging in the XML Activity > > Phase III of the W3C XML Activity [2] was started in 1999 > September. In the Activity definition, an XML Packaging WG > was chartered but given an indefinite starting date (supposedly > to be after the XML Core WG had completed its work). At the > W3C XML Plenary f2f on 1999 September 29, it was decided to > start an XML Packaging Task Force to do some informal > investigation of the issues and provide input for any > subsequent working group. > > W3C discussions to date > > Associated with XML'99, on 1999 December 07 there was the > only meeting of the XML Packaging Task Force in Philadelphia. > The minutes document [3] lists some background material, states > the general agenda of this meeting, and records both a list > of potential user scenarios as well as records some discussion. > > At the W3C XML Plenary f2f on 2000 February 2, there was a > 40 minute discussion on XML Packaging. Those present at that > meeting preferred to give top priority to use case 4 (as > described in the minutes of the December meeting [3]), to wit: > > A "manifest" containing pointers to an XML document, external > entities, DTD/Schema, stylesheet, java scripts, etc. > > (It was thought that this might also address use case 1.) > > The background documents referenced by the Task Force meeting > minutes [3] include: > > * A Report on XML Packaging (W3C Note 2 Aug 1999) by Joel Nava [4] > > * XML Packaging Working Group Charter [5] > > * Tim Bray's packaging motivation paper [6] > > Current situation > > At the present time, there is no specific schedule for the (not > as yet constituted) W3C XML Packaging WG. > > The XML CG has decided to make all the above W3C packaging-related > material public at this time with the invitation that any group > feel free to use it in the development of any proposed solution > to any part of the set of "packaging issues." The W3C is hosting > a publicly archived [7] mailing list [8] for the purposes of public > discussion of XML Packaging, and all those interested are urged > to join [9] the www-xml-packaging@w... mailing list (send email > to www-xml-packaging-request@w... with a subject of "subscribe") > to discuss the issues. > > Paul Grosso for the W3C XML CG > > (See also [0] for a hypertext version of this message/document.) > > [0] > http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-xml-packaging/2000Jul/att- 0001/01-pk g-note.htm [1] http://www.w3.org/XML/Activity#xml-cg [2] http://www.w3.org/XML/Activity [3] http://www.w3.org/XML/2000/07/xpkg-19991207-min [4] http://www.w3.org/1999/07/xml-pkg234/Overview [5] http://www.w3.org/XML/2000/07/xml-packaging-charter [6] http://www.textuality.com/xml/why-pkg.html [7] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-xml-packaging/ [8] mailto:www-xml-packaging@w... [9] mailto:www-xml-packaging-request@w...?subject=subscribe
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