AML Container management is a support function for handling AML Container and Open Packaging Conventions packages.

An overview of the tasks for container management is given here:

• Identification of the Descriptor manifest, AML files, attachment files, embedded Descriptor and Common Services files;
• Finding and defining the Root AML files;
• Browsing the references of a Descriptor starting from the Root AML files and building a structure for navigating through the content;
• Resolving external relationship references;
• Creating and managing the file system of a Descriptor;
• Adding and removing AML modelling files;
• Adding and removing attachment files;
• Adding and removing embedded Descriptor;
• Updating the [Content_Types].xml file;
• Compression method(s) to produce the final output;
• Managing relationships, ExternalReferences, and ExternalDataReferences between the files and the content.