Adventures in Packaging – Episode 1
Technorati Tags: OPC , OPC basics , Open Packaging Conventions , ISO 29500 , ECMA 376 If you’re developer who creates or accesses data files (and who doesn’t?), then this blog might be one for you to keep an eye on. Welcome to the first installment of Microsoft Packaging Team blog! The Packaging team works in the Microsoft Windows Division to provide programming APIs that support the Open Packaging Conventions standard. Open Packaging Conventions (“OPC”) is a new file technology documented by the ISO/IEC 29500-2 and ECMA 376-2 standards. Several members of the team worked on the original System.IO.Packaging APIs released for managed-code in .NET 3.0. We’re particularly excited now with the upcoming release of Windows 7 which will include new native-code Win32 Packaging APIs that will ship as part of the operating system! Microsoft is strongly embracing open standards and interoperability – the commitment to incorporate OPC as an integral element of the operating system is another step in that direction.
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Adventures in Packaging – Episode 1
