iansburnett wrote:
>
> pacakage. Digital Item packages are provided using the ISO File
> Format (which is basically the Quicktime file format). This is used
> (as opposed to zip) to allow for e.g. direct random access into media
> files which is not possible in zip.
>
Well, I perhaps not direct random access, but I know you can easily
stream out files from a ZIP/JAR Archive.

Just something about the word ISO and Quicktime file format gives me the
chills. I think the success of the Mozilla XPI and Sun JAR files are
good paths to follow.

Everyone in the world already knows how to build and parse ZIP.

+nathan

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