Packaging Team Blog: Open Packaging Conventions

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...

Windows 7 incorporates a new set of native-code APIs that provide integrated support for the ECMA 376-2 (2006) Open Packaging Conventions (OPC) standard. These new native-code Packaging APIs provide similar functionality to what had previously been available...

Windows 7 includes new native-code APIs that provide functionality to compose and parse Part URIs. These APIs are provided through the IOpcUri and IOpcPartUri interfaces. Managed-code provides similar functionality with the System.IO.Packaging PackUriHelper...

Chapter 12 of the Open Packaging Conventions (OPC) standard ( ECMA 376-2 1st edition, 2006 ) defines the functionality and operation of “digital signatures” for signing content stored in OPC-based file formats. Windows 7 incorporates built-in native-code...

This month’s issue of MSDN Magazine (November 2009) includes our article on designing effective digital signature user experiences – check it out at: Digital Signatures: Application Guidelines on Digital Signature Practices for Common Criteria Security...