Logo with Gradient Opacity Mask, file format

Hi there,
This is now a very well known and certainly answered already question but:
I produce my first logo using a opacity mask that let a part of the fill color fade into any colored background (transparency then).
I used Quark for years and used to save all my vector file for importation in .EPS
Problem, in InDesign, if I want my logo to fade correctly in any colored background, I have to place a native Illustrator format in .AI (that took me a while to figure out by the way, silly me).
This is nice if your a designer and have a recent Illustrator version. But what format use to distribute the vector file that will be imported in any publishing application and keep the transparency working?
Any advice welcome. But I'd like to keep the file as vector.
Richard

Thanks for your usefull link Mordy.
After years of design, I keep learning more and more and trying to stay up to date.
Actually, I'd say that logo using transparency rely on too recent technology and might be difficult to reproduce anywhere.
Giving away a pdf file could be a solution, but I don't know if pdf can be easely imported in any publishing application.
Richard

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