8.3.3 AML Container management

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.