The good solution is to create a "media manager" that handles things
like images, linked css files, ICC profile files, etc. Things can then
be worked out with the UI and perhaps a "Publish" menu/command that
does things a bit more explicitly than "save as" or "export".

This is a point I raised in my first post to this thread, I asked for feedback but didn't get any. I did a few days ago (before starting initial discussion with Gez) a blueprint for an Image Manager. (find it here http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Image_links_manager note that it doesn't take into account all the remarks and things we've said since). This Image manager can be extended to "Media Manager".

My discussion with Gez made me question the utility of such a window. We need your opinions.

Steren