- From: Innovimax SARL <innovimax@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2009 08:09:36 +0100
- To: public-Webapps@w3.org
- Cc: "MURATA Makoto (FAMILY Given)" <EB2M-MRT@asahi-net.or.jp>, SC 34 WG4 <e-SC34-WG4@ecma-international.org>, chairs@w3.org, Toshiko Kimura <kimura@itscj.ipsj.or.jp>
Dear the W3C Web Applications WG, I am writing on behalf of ISO/IEC JTC1/SC34/WG4, which is responsible for the maintenance of ISO/IEC 29500 (OOXML). WG4 reviewed the working draft "Widgets 1.0: Packaging and Configuration" with interest. It provides a package format similar to the OPC(Open Packaging Conventions), which is specified in ISO/IEC 29500-2. The text of the OPC specification is available as ECMA 376 Part 2 (Second Edition) <http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Ecma-376.htm> and from the public ISO Website <http://standards.iso.org/ittf/PubliclyAvailableStandards/index.html>. WG4 believes that widget packages and OPC packages are meant to meet different requirements, and thus they cannot be unified in a hurry without causing significant damage to OOXML, widgets, or both. Requirements specific to OPC include file renaming and fallback-guaranteed extensibility through ISO/IEC 29500-3 (Markup Compatibility and Extensions). Meanwhile, those specific to widget packages include start files, icon files, localization, and preferences among others. Nevertheless, WG4 believes that there are quite a few similarities between widget packages and OPC packages, and that information exchange between the W3C Web Applications WG and WG4 would be very fruitful. Specifically, WG4 is interested in URI schemes, media types, and UTF-8 part names. WG4 understands that the widget package uses the latest version (6.3.2) of the ZIP specification, which allows UTF-8. Meanwhile, ISO/IEC 29500-2 uses an earlier version (6.2.0) and relies on the %HH convention, since 6.2.0 was the latest version when Ecma TC45 started the first edition of OOXML. JTC1/SC34/WG4 looks forward to your views on this matter. Regards, Mohamed ZERGAOUI on behalf of SC34/WG4 Convenor MURATA Makoto (FAMILY Given) -- Innovimax SARL Consulting, Training & XML Development 9, impasse des Orteaux 75020 Paris Tel : +33 9 52 475787 Fax : +33 1 4356 1746 http://www.innovimax.fr RCS Paris 488.018.631 SARL au capital de 10.000 €
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