Hi Rob,
you wrote:
> I'm not saying that there are not interesting things that could be
> standardized here. For example, it might be nice to have a standard URL
> protocol for ZIP, or standard fragment schema for URL addressing of ZIP
> items, etc. Or any other conventions that are effectively a layer between
> core ZIP's compression/packaging specification and what ODF/OOXML/EPUB
> use. But including the core ZIP packaging/compression in the same
> standard is a real bad idea, IMHO. As I said before, it is like
> specifying Unicode and XML in the same standard. Or XML and ODF in the
> same standard.
>
Surely the work item proposal asks for an _independent_ standard? Or
am I getting you wrong here?
I otherwise tend to agree with Dennis, there's merit to have
properly standardized what we're referencing, instead of reliance on
single-vendor goodwill ...
Cheers,
-- Thorsten
