ISO/IEC 29500-1:2016

INTERNATIONAL ISO/IEC
STANDARD 29500-1
Fourth edition
2016-11-01
Information technology — Document
description and processing
languages — Office Open XML File
Formats —
Part 1:
Fundamentals and Markup Language
Reference
Technologies de l’information — Description des documents et
langages de traitement — Formats de fichier “Office Open XML” —
Partie 1: Principes essentiels et référence de langage de balisage
Reference number
ISO/IEC 29500-1:2016(E)
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Table of Contents
Foreword . viii
Introduction . x
1. Scope .1
2. Conformance .2
2.1 Document Conformance .2
2.2 Application Conformance .2
2.3 Application Descriptions .3
2.4 Interoperability Guidelines .5
3. Normative References .6
4. Terms and Definitions . 10
5. Notational Conventions . 13
6. Acronyms and Abbreviations . 14
7. General Description. 15
8. Overview . 16
8.1 Content Overview . 16
8.2 Packages and Parts . 16
8.3 Consumers and Producers . 16
8.4 WordprocessingML . 16
8.5 SpreadsheetML . 18
8.6 PresentationML. 18
8.7 Supporting MLs . 19
9. Packages . 21
9.1 Office Open XML's Use of OPC. 21
9.2 Relationships in Office Open XML . 22
10. Markup Compatibility and Extensibility . 27
11. WordprocessingML . 28
11.1 Glossary of WordprocessingML-Specific Terms . 28
11.2 Package Structure . 28
11.3 Part Summary . 31
11.4 Document Template . 57
11.5 Framesets . 58
11.6 Master Documents and Subdocuments . 59
11.7 Mail Merge Data Source . 60
11.8 Mail Merge Header Data Source . 61
11.9 XSL Transformation . 62
12. SpreadsheetML . 64
12.1 Glossary of SpreadsheetML-Specific Terms . 64
12.2 Package Structure . 65
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12.3 Part Summary . 67
12.4 External Workbooks . 102
13. PresentationML . 103
13.1 Glossary of PresentationML-Specific Terms . 103
13.2 Package Structure . 103
13.3 Part Summary . 106
13.4 HTML Publish Location . 124
13.5 Slide Synchronization Server Location . 125
14. DrawingML . 127
14.1 Glossary of DrawingML-Specific Terms . 127
14.2 Part Summary . 127
15. Shared . 140
15.1 Glossary of Shared Terms . 140
15.2 Part Summary . 141
15.3 Hyperlinks . 162
16. Part Overview . 164
16.1 WordprocessingML Summary . 164
16.2 SpreadsheetML Summary . 164
16.3 PresentationML Summary . 165
16.4 DrawingML Summary . 166
16.5 Shared Summary . 166
17. WordprocessingML Reference Material . 169
17.1 Table of Contents . 169
17.2 Main Document Story. 189
17.3 Paragraphs and Rich Formatting . 195
17.4 Tables . 373
17.5 Custom Markup . 485
17.6 Sections. 547
17.7 Styles . 614
17.8 Fonts . 670
17.9 Numbering . 692
17.10 Headers and Footers . 734
17.11 Footnotes and Endnotes . 747
17.12 Glossary Document . 780
17.13 Annotations . 798
17.14 Mail Merge . 929
17.15 Settings . 970
17.16 Fields and Hyperlinks . 1158
17.17 Miscellaneous Topics . 1293
17.18 Simple Types . 1302
18. SpreadsheetML Reference Material . 1523
18.1 Table of Contents . 1523
18.2 Workbook . 1542
18.3 Worksheets . 1589
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18.4 Shared String Table . 1717
18.5 Tables . 1726
18.6 Calculation Chain . 1742
18.7 Comments . 1745
18.8 Styles . 1752
18.9 Metadata . 1801
18.10 Pivot Tables. 1815
18.11 Shared Workbook Data . 1959
18.12 QueryTable Data . 1988
18.13 External Data Connections . 1995
18.14 Supplementary Workbook Data . 2016
18.15 Volatile Dependencies . 2026
18.16 Custom XML Mappings . 2031
18.17 Formulas . 2039
18.18 Simple Types . 2434
19. PresentationML Reference Material . 2516
19.1 Table of Contents . 2516
19.2 Presentation . 2522
19.3 Slides . 2559
19.4 Comments . 2597
19.5 Animation . 2601
19.6 Slide Synchronization Data . 2690
19.7 Simple Types . 2691
20. DrawingML - Framework Reference Material . 2719
20.1 DrawingML - Main . 2719
20.2 DrawingML - Picture . 3087
20.3 DrawingML - Locked Canvas . 3095
20.4 DrawingML - WordprocessingML Drawing . 3096
20.5 DrawingML - SpreadsheetML Drawing . 3152
21. DrawingML - Components Reference Material . 3181
21.1 DrawingML - Main . 3181
21.2 DrawingML - Charts . 3361
21.3 DrawingML - Chart Drawings . 3469
21.4 DrawingML - Diagrams . 3490
22. Shared MLs Reference Material . 3599
22.1 Math . 3599
22.2 Extended Properties . 3720
22.3 Custom Properties . 3727
22.4 Variant Types . 3729
22.5 Custom XML Data Properties . 3740
22.6 Bibliography . 3743
22.7 Additional Characteristics . 3780
22.8 Office Document Relationships . 3784
22.9 Shared Simple Types . 3785
23. Custom XML Schema References . 3800
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23.1 Table of Contents . 3800
23.2 Elements . 3800
Annex A. (normative) Schemas – W3C XML Schema . 3805
A.1 WordprocessingML . 3805
A.2 SpreadsheetML . 3871
A.3 PresentationML. 3955
A.4 DrawingML - Framework . 3986
A.5 DrawingML - Components . 4054
A.6 Shared MLs. 4105
A.7 Custom XML Schema References . 4129
Annex B. (informative) Schemas – RELAX NG . 4131
B.1 WordprocessingML . 4132
B.2 SpreadsheetML . 4178
B.3 PresentationML. 4273
B.4 DrawingML - Framework . 4298
B.5 DrawingML - Components . 4350
B.6 Shared MLs. 4386
B.7 Custom XML Schema References . 4402
B.8 Additional Resources . 4403
Annex C. (informative) Additional Syntax Constraints . 4405
Annex D. (informative) Namespace Prefix Mapping in Examples . 4406
Annex E. (informative) WordprocessingML Custom XML Data Extraction . 4408
Annex F. (normative) WordprocessingML Page Borders . 4411
Annex G. (normative) Predefined SpreadsheetML Style Definitions . 4412
G.1 Built-in Table Styles . 4412
G.2 Built-in Cell Styles. 4468
G.3 Built-in PivotTable AutoFormats . 4472
Annex H. (informative) Example Predefined DrawingML Shape and Text Geometries . 4488
Annex I. (informative) Bidirectional Support . 4489
I.1 Introduction . 4489
I.2 Shared (WordprocessingML and DrawingML) . 4489
I.3 WordprocessingML . 4491
I.4 SpreadsheetML . 4494
I.5 PresentationML. 4495
I.6 DrawingML . 4495
I.7 The Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm and Office Open XML . 4495
Annex J. (informative) Accessibility Best Practices . 4499
J.1 The Value of Creating an Accessible Office Open XML Implementation . 4499
J.2 Needs by Type of Disability . 4500
J.3 Best Practices for Developers . 4503
J.4 Best Practices for Document and Template Authors . 4506
J.5 Best Practices for Customers of Office Open XML Implementations . 4519
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Annex K. (informative) Root Element Locations . 4532
K.1 Grouped by Part Name . 4532
K.2 Grouped by Schema Name . 4534
Annex L. (informative) Primer . 4538
L.1 Introduction to WordprocessingML . 4538
L.2 Introduction to SpreadsheetML. 4630
L.3 Introduction to PresentationML . 4769
L.4 Introduction to DrawingML . 4801
L.5 Introduction to VML. 4960
L.6 Introduction to Shared MLs . 4974
L.7 Miscellaneous Topics . 5005
Annex M. (informative) Differences Between ISO/IEC 29500 and ECMA-376:2006 . 5016
M.1 WordprocessingML . 5016
M.2 SpreadsheetML . 5019
M.3 PresentationML. 5020
M.4 DrawingML . 5021
M.5 VML . 5022
M.6 Shared .
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