IWorks File Format Documentation?

I've been hunting around the iWorks resources section (http://www.apple.com/iwork/resources/), but I can't seem to find any details anywhere on documenting the iWorks file formats. Does anyone know where I can find this?
(I'm trying to write something to read iWorks 09 files, such as pages and numbers, without needing a copy of iWorks. For the other Office file formats, such as ODF/ODP, DOC/XLS/PPT and DOCX/XLSX/PPTX, you can get file format documentation which defines what that file structure is like, what individual parts and elements mean, what are allowed values and structures etc. I'm after something similar for the iWorks family of formats, but I've thus far been unable to track it down)

AGagravarr wrote:
Today's fun challenge was detecting password protected files - they seem to use some entirely non-standard encryption at the zip file level.
(1) I repeat that there is no iWorks product !
(2) I repeat that it's very rare to get format specs from Apple.
AppleWorks files formats were never published. As far as I know, iWork ones which are modified by every major update were never published too.
(3) Encrypting with a non-standard scheme may be a good way to protect confidentiality. Isn't it ?
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