MAFF standardization project bootstraps

Work on the MAFF format as a standard for multi-file archives is underway.

Announcement: http://maf.mozdev.org/maff-specification.html

Home page: http://maf.mozdev.org/maff-specification.html (This is the best overview IMO).

Mailing list: https://www.mozdev.org/mailman/listinfo/maf

MAFF files are standard ZIP files containing one or more web pages, images, or other downloadable content, with optional metadata. This open format was first adopted as a real-world solution to save web pages by the Mozilla Archive Format extension for the Firefox web browser, providing an efficient alternative to the MHTML format.

Today, the availability of a technical specification for the MAFF format is a great opportunity for extending MAFF support to other browsers and applications as well.

This is related to digital music packaging formats like Apple’s LP format, the rumored CMX format, and ePub. Related posts on this blog:

content packaging tech explosion

MAFF day

MAFF snafu

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