SignMatic Application Package - Revision history

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 The File consists of the magic sequence <span style="font-family:monospace;">0x16 0x0F 0x17 0x1B</span> followed by literal <span style="font-family:monospace;">SignMatic</span> The Relatively small header is encoded with NEFastAccess-LOffset header format (2 bytes prefix, shift n, 2 bytes suffix), and followed by the archive. The architecture is similar to other common application archives like the Chromium PAK format, Android packages (APK) and Java archives (JAR).
 File size is not limited to a certain size, the header size however must be in the range of 196 to 4096 bytes, given the fact that for the necessary metadata this is absoloutely sufficient.
-The actual Application contents are stored in the PK-Format (ZIP)
+The actual Application contents are stored in the PK-Format (ZIP), the support for TAR has been dropped before the initial release but might enter at a later point in time.
-The encoders (i.e. smpak) are responsible for maintaining proper header size, thus ensuring no malformed header may encoded
+The encoders (i.e. smpak) are responsible for maintaining proper header size, thus ensuring no malformed header may encoded. The header size limits (FastAccess) have been set to current specifications (2023)
 == Generation ==

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 == Overview ==
-SignMatic Application Packages are encoded file archives with a variable size header, encoded bitmap image of the Application icon and various metadata. The files are opened by the system utility smdepak (console application) or smdepakw (User Interface), that performs various compatibility checks including versioning, downgrade and upgrade options as well as the actuall unpacking and registration of the application to the signmatic applications directory.
+SignMatic Application Packages are encoded file archives with a variable size header, encoded bitmap image of the Application icon and various metadata. The files are opened by the system utility smdepak (console application) or smdepakw (User Interface), that performs various compatibility checks including versioning, downgrade and upgrade options as well as the actuall unpacking and registration of the application to the signmatic applications directory. The File structure is published openly and is extended from the
 == Technical ==

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 <li>NEFastAccess-VarH
-    <ul style="list-style:none;margin-left: 10px;"><li>↳ PK Archive/inmformat/JSON/Base64+PNG</li>
+    <ul style="list-style:none;margin-left: 10px;"><li>↳ PK Archive <br>inmformat/JSON/Base64+PNG</li>
 </ul>
 </li>

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 <td style="width: 130px;vertical-align: top;">'''Extended from'''</td>
-<td>NEFastAccess-VarH, PK Archive, inmformat, JSON, PNG
+<td>
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 == Technical ==
-The File consists of the magic sequence <span style="font-family:monospace;">0x16 0x0F 0x17 0x1B</span> followed by literal <span style="font-family:monospace;">SignMatic</span> The Relatively small header is encoded with NEFastAccess-LOffset header format (2 bytes prefix, shift, 2 bytes suffix), and followed by the archive. The architecture is similar to other common application archives like the Chromium PAK format, Android packages (APK) and Java archives (JAR).
+The File consists of the magic sequence <span style="font-family:monospace;">0x16 0x0F 0x17 0x1B</span> followed by literal <span style="font-family:monospace;">SignMatic</span> The Relatively small header is encoded with NEFastAccess-LOffset header format (2 bytes prefix, shift n, 2 bytes suffix), and followed by the archive. The architecture is similar to other common application archives like the Chromium PAK format, Android packages (APK) and Java archives (JAR).
 File size is not limited to a certain size, the header size however must be in the range of 196 to 4096 bytes, given the fact that for the necessary metadata this is absoloutely sufficient.

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 '''SignMatic Application Package''' (sometimes referred to as SMAP) is a distribution file format for the open [[Digital Signage]] System [[SignMatic]].
-The File-Package contains all necessary information for a application to be installed on a local system.
+The File-Package contains all necessary information for a application to be installed on a local system. The file extension is .smpk
 == Overview ==

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 * [[Digital Signage]]
 * [[SignMatic]]
 [[Category:Digital Signage]]

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 | 08 Feb. 2023
 | Not announced
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 == See also ==