ISO/IEC 29500-1:2008

INTERNATIONAL ISO/IEC
STANDARD 29500-1
First edition
2008-11-15


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




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ISO/IEC 29500-1:2008(E)
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Table of Contents
Foreword . viii
Introduction . ix
1. Scope .1
2. Conformance .2
2.1 Goal .2
2.2 Issues .2
2.3 What ISO/IEC 29500 Specifies .3
2.4 Document Conformance .3
2.5 Application Conformance .4
2.6 Application Descriptions .5
2.7 Interoperability Guidelines .6
3. Normative References .8
4. Terms and Definitions . 12
5. Notational Conventions . 14
6. Acronyms and Abbreviations . 15
7. General Description. 16
8. Overview . 17
8.1 Packages and Parts . 17
8.2 Consumers and Producers . 17
8.3 WordprocessingML . 17
8.4 SpreadsheetML . 18
8.5 PresentationML. 19
8.6 Supporting MLs . 20
9. Packages . 22
9.1 Office Open XML's Use of OPC. 22
9.2 Relationships in Office Open XML . 23
10. Markup Compatibility and Extensibility . 28
10.1 Constraints on Office Open XML's Use of Markup Compatibility and Extensibility . 28
11. WordprocessingML . 29
11.1 Glossary of WordprocessingML-Specific Terms . 29
11.2 Package Structure . 29
11.3 Part Summary . 31
11.4 Document Template . 58
11.5 Framesets . 58
11.6 Master Documents and Subdocuments . 59
11.7 Mail Merge Data Source . 61
11.8 Mail Merge Header Data Source . 61
11.9 XSL Transformation . 62
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12. SpreadsheetML . 64
12.1 Glossary of SpreadsheetML-Specific Terms . 64
12.2 Package Structure . 65
12.3 Part Summary . 67
12.4 External Workbooks . 101
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 . 164
16. Part Overview . 166
16.1 WordprocessingML Summary . 166
16.2 SpreadsheetML Summary . 166
16.3 PresentationML Summary . 167
16.4 DrawingML Summary . 168
16.5 Shared Summary . 168
17. WordprocessingML Reference Material . 171
17.1 Table of Contents . 171
17.2 Main Document Story. 191
17.3 Paragraphs and Rich Formatting . 199
17.4 Tables . 398
17.5 Custom Markup . 528
17.6 Sections. 609
17.7 Styles . 678
17.8 Fonts . 749
17.9 Numbering . 772
17.10 Headers and Footers . 821
17.11 Footnotes and Endnotes . 836
17.12 Glossary Document . 876
17.13 Annotations . 897
17.14 Mail Merge . 1044
17.15 Settings . 1090
17.16 Fields and Hyperlinks . 1298
17.17 Miscellaneous Topics . 1442
17.18 Simple Types . 1453
18. SpreadsheetML Reference Material . 1684
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18.1 Table of Contents . 1684
18.2 Workbook . 1703
18.3 Worksheets . 1756
18.4 Shared String Table . 1896
18.5 Tables . 1907
18.6 Calculation Chain . 1924
18.7 Comments . 1928
18.8 Styles . 1936
18.9 Metadata . 1993
18.10 Pivot Tables. 2010
18.11 Shared Workbook Data . 2176
18.12 QueryTable Data . 2210
18.13 External Data Connections . 2218
18.14 Supplementary Workbook Data . 2242
18.15 Volatile Dependencies . 2256
18.16 Custom XML Mappings . 2262
18.17 Formulas . 2270
18.18 Simple Types . 2664
19. PresentationML Reference Material . 2753
19.1 Table of Contents . 2753
19.2 Presentation . 2759
19.3 Slides . 2806
19.4 Comments . 2861
19.5 Animation . 2866
19.6 Slide Synchronization Data . 2972
19.7 Simple Types . 2974
20. DrawingML - Framework Reference Material . 3007
20.1 DrawingML - Main . 3007
20.2 DrawingML - Picture . 3447
20.3 DrawingML - Locked Canvas . 3457
20.4 DrawingML - WordprocessingML Drawing . 3458
20.5 DrawingML - SpreadsheetML Drawing . 3507
21. DrawingML - Components Reference Material . 3545
21.1 DrawingML - Main . 3545
21.2 DrawingML - Charts . 3751
21.3 DrawingML - Chart Drawings . 3910
21.4 DrawingML - Diagrams . 3938
22. Shared MLs Reference Material . 4070
22.1 Math . 4070
22.2 Extended Properties . 4230
22.3 Custom Properties . 4240
22.4 Variant Types . 4243
22.5 Custom XML Data Properties . 4260
22.6 Bibliography . 4263
22.7 Additional Characteristics . 4311
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22.8 Office Document Relationships . 4315
22.9 Shared Simple Types . 4317
23. Custom XML Schema References . 4340
23.1 Table of Contents . 4340
23.2 Elements . 4340
Annex A. (normative) Schemas – W3C XML Schema . 4345
A.1 WordprocessingML . 4345
A.2 SpreadsheetML . 4410
A.3 PresentationML. 4494
A.4 DrawingML - Framework . 4525
A.5 DrawingML - Components . 4590
A.6 Shared MLs. 4641
A.7 Custom XML Schema References . 4665
Annex B. (informative) Schemas – RELAX NG . 4667
B.1 WordprocessingML . 4667
B.2 SpreadsheetML . 4712
B.3 PresentationML. 4806
B.4 DrawingML - Framework . 4831
B.5 DrawingML - Components . 4880
B.6 Shared MLs. 4916
B.7 Custom XML Schema References . 4932
B.8 Additional Resources . 4932
Annex C. (informative) Additional Syntax Constraints . 4934
Annex D. (informative) Namespace Prefix Mapping in Examples . 4935
Annex E. (informative) Processing Bitfields with XSLT . 4937
E.1 Handling raw bitfields . 4937
E.2 Handling hexadecimal-encoded bitfields . 4938
Annex F. (informative) WordprocessingML Custom XML Data Extraction . 4940
Annex G. (normative) WordprocessingML Page Borders . 4942
Annex H. (normative) Predefined SpreadsheetML Style Definitions . 4943
H.1 Built-in Table Styles . 4943
H.2 Built-in Cell Styles. 4999
H.3 Built-in PivotTable AutoFormats . 5003
Annex I. (informative) Example Predefined DrawingML Shape and Text Geometries. 5019
Annex J. (informative) Bidirectional Support . 5020
J.1 Introduction . 5020
J.2 Shared (WordprocessingML and DrawingML) . 5020
J.3 WordprocessingML . 5022
J.4 SpreadsheetML . 5025
J.5 PresentationML. 5026
J.6 DrawingML . 5026
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J.7 The Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm and Office Open XML . 5026
Annex K. (informative) Accessibility Best Practices . 5030
K.1 The Value of Creating an Accessible Office Open XML Implementation . 5030
K.2 Needs by Type of Disability . 5031
K.3 Best Practices for Developers . 5034
K.4 Best Practices for Document and Template Authors . 5037
K.5 Best Practices for Customers of Office Open XML Implementations . 5050
Annex L. (informative) Root Element Locations . 5063
L.1 Grouped by Part Name . 5063
L.2 Grouped by Schema Name . 5065
Annex M. (informative) Primer . 5069
M.1 Introduction to WordprocessingML . 5069
M.2 Introduction to SpreadsheetML.
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