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dgatwood · 01-24-2013, 11:38 PM

Well, you have a parse error in the first line. It should end with ?>, not ??>.

Beyond that, the error you're seeing can be caused by the name of the OPF file not matching what is in the META-INF/container.xml file. Paths in the container.xml file are relative to the root, not relative to the file, so if your structure is

Code:

bookdir/content.opf
bookdir/META-INF/container.xml

then your container.xml file should say:

Code:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<container version="1.0" xmlns="urn:oasis:names:tc:opendocument:xmlns:container">
   <rootfiles>
      <rootfile full-path="content.opf" media-type="application/oebps-package+xml"/>
   </rootfiles>
</container>

With things set up that way, your OPF file appears to pass validation on my machine (to the extent that an OPF file can pass validation without the actual content files, that is).

01-24-2013, 11:38 PM	#2
dgatwood Curmudgeon Posts: 629 Karma: 1623086 Join Date: Jan 2012 Device: iPad, iPhone, Nook Simple Touch	Well, you have a parse error in the first line. It should end with ?>, not ??>. Beyond that, the error you're seeing can be caused by the name of the OPF file not matching what is in the META-INF/container.xml file. Paths in the container.xml file are relative to the root, not relative to the file, so if your structure is Code: bookdir/content.opf bookdir/META-INF/container.xml then your container.xml file should say: Code: <?xml version="1.0"?> <container version="1.0" xmlns="urn:oasis:names:tc:opendocument:xmlns:container"> <rootfiles> <rootfile full-path="content.opf" media-type="application/oebps-package+xml"/> </rootfiles> </container> With things set up that way, your OPF file appears to pass validation on my machine (to the extent that an OPF file can pass validation without the actual content files, that is). Last edited by dgatwood; 01-24-2013 at 11:48 PM.