ISO/IEC 26300-1:2015

INTERNATIONAL ISO/IEC
STANDARD 26300-1
First edition
2015-07-01
Information technology — Open
Document Format for Office Applications
(OpenDocument) v1.2 —
Part 1:
OpenDocument Schema
Technologies de l'information — Format de document ouvert pour
applications de bureau (OpenDocument) v1.2 —
Partie 1: Schéma de document ouvert

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Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) v1.0 (second edition)] and was adopted, under the
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ISO/IEC 26300-1 consists of the following parts, under the general title Information technology — Open
Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) v1.2:
— Part 2: Recalculated Formula (OpenFormula) Format
— Part 3: Packages
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Open Document Format for Office
Applications (OpenDocument)
Version 1.2
Part 1: OpenDocument Schema
OASIS Standard
29 September 2011
Specification URIs:
This version:
http://docs.oasis-open.org/office/v1.2/os/OpenDocument-v1.2-os-part1.odt (Authoritative)
http://docs.oasis-open.org/office/v1.2/os/OpenDocument-v1.2-os-part1.pdf
http://docs.oasis-open.org/office/v1.2/os/OpenDocument-v1.2-os-part1.html
Previous version:
http://docs.oasis-open.org/office/v1.2/csd06/OpenDocument-v1.2-csd06-part1.odt
(Authoritative)
http://docs.oasis-open.org/office/v1.2/csd06/OpenDocument-v1.2-csd06-part1.pdf
http://docs.oasis-open.org/office/v1.2/csd06/OpenDocument-v1.2-csd06-part1.html
Latest version:
http://docs.oasis-open.org/office/v1.2/OpenDocument-v1.2-part1.odt (Authoritative)
http://docs.oasis-open.org/office/v1.2/OpenDocument-v1.2-part1.pdf
http://docs.oasis-open.org/office/v1.2/OpenDocument-v1.2-part1.html
Technical Committee:
OASIS Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) TC
Chairs:
Rob Weir, IBM
Michael Brauer, Oracle Corporation
Editors:
Patrick Durusau
Michael Brauer, Oracle Corporation
Related work:
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This document is part of the OASIS Open Document Format for Office Applications
(OpenDocument) Version 1.2 specification.
The OpenDocument v1.2 specification has these parts:
OpenDocument v1.2 part 1: OpenDocument Schema (this part)
OpenDocument v1.2 part 2: Recalculated Formula (OpenFormula) Format
OpenDocument v1.2 part 3: Packages
OpenDocument v1.2 part 1 defines these schemas and ontologies:
OpenDocument v1.2 Relax NG Schema
OpenDocument v1.2 Metadata Manifest Ontology
Declared XML namespaces:
urn:oasis:names:tc:opendocument:xmlns:animation:1.0
urn:oasis:names:tc:opendocument:xmlns:chart:1.0
urn:oasis:names:tc:opendocument:xmlns:config:1.0
urn:oasis:names:tc:opendocument:xmlns:database:1.0
urn:oasis:names:tc:opendocument:xmlns:dr3d:1.0
urn:oasis:names:tc:opendocument:xmlns:drawing:1.0
urn:oasis:names:tc:opendocument:xmlns:form:1.0
urn:oasis:names:tc:opendocument:xmlns:manifest:1.0
urn:oasis:names:tc:opendocument:xmlns:meta:1.0
urn:oasis:names:tc:opendocument:xmlns:data style:1.0
urn:oasis:names:tc:opendocument:xmlns:office:1.0
urn:oasis:names:tc:opendocument:xmlns:presentation:1.0
urn:oasis:names:tc:opendocument:xmlns:script:1.0
urn:oasis:names:tc:opendocument:xmlns:table:1.0
urn:oasis:names:tc:opendocument:xmlns:text:1.0
urn:oasis:names:tc:opendocument:xmlns:style:1.0
urn:oasis:names:tc:opendocument:xmlns:xsl-fo-compatible:1.0
urn:oasis:names:tc:opendocument:xmlns:svg-compatible:1.0
urn:oasis:names:tc:opendocument:xmlns:smil-compatible:1.0
urn:oasis:names:tc:opendocument:xmlns:of:1.2
http://docs.oasis-open.org/ns/office/1.2/meta/odf#
Abstract:
This document is part of the Open Document Format for Office Applications
(OpenDocument) Version 1.2 specification.
It defines an XML schema for office applications and its semantics. The schema is
suitable for office documents, including text documents, spreadsheets, charts and
graphical documents like drawings or presentations, but is not restricted to these kinds of
documents.
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OpenDocument-v1.2-part1
Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) Version 1.2 Part 1:
OpenDocument Schema. 29 September 2011. OASIS Standard. http://docs.oasis-
open.org/office/v1.2/os/OpenDocument-v1.2-os-part1.html.
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Table of Contents
1 Introduction. 79
1.1 Introduction.79
1.2 Terminology.79
1.3 Normative References.79
1.4 Non Normative References.82
1.5 Namespaces.82
2 OpenDocument Documents, Consumers and Producers.85
2.1 Introduction.85
2.2 Documents.85
2.2.1 OpenDocument Document.85
2.2.2 OpenDocument Extended Document.86
2.2.3 OpenDocument Text Document.86
2.2.4 OpenDocument Spreadsheet Document.87
2.2.5 OpenDocument Drawing Document.87
2.2.6 OpenDocument Presentation Document.87
2.2.7 OpenDocument Chart Document.88
2.2.8 OpenDocument Image Document.88
2.2.9 OpenDocument Formula Document.88
2.2.10 OpenDocument Database Front End Document.88
2.3 Producers.89
2.3.1 OpenDocument Producer.89
2.3.2 OpenDocument Extended Producer.89
2.4 Consumer.89
3 Document Structure.90
3.1 Document Representation .90
3.1.1 General.90
3.1.2 (Single OpenDocument XML Files).90
3.1.3 Package OpenDocument Files.90
3.1.3.1 General.90
3.1.3.2 .90
3.1.3.3 .91
3.1.3.4 .91
3.1.3.5 .91
3.1.4 Summary of Document Representation.91
3.2 .92
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3.3 .92
3.4 .93
3.5 .93
3.6 .93
3.7 .94
3.8 .94
3.9 .94
3.10 .95
3.10.1 General.95
3.10.2 .95
3.10.3 .95
3.10.4 .96
3.10.5 .96
3.10.6 .96
3.11 Cursor Position Setting.96
3.12 .97
3.13 .97
3.14 .97
3.15 Styles. 97
3.15.1 General.97
3.15.2 .98
3.15.3 .98
3.15.4 .98
3.16 Document Signatures.99
3.17 Foreign Elements and Attributes.99
3.18 White Space Processing and EOL Handling.100
3.19 MIME Types and File Name Extensions.100
4 Metadata.101
4.1 General.101
4.2 RDF Metadata.101
4.2.1 In Content Metadata (RDFa).101
4.2.2 manifest.rdf.101
4.2.2.1 General.101
4.2.2.2 odf:ContentFile.101
4.2.2.3 odf:StylesFile.102
4.2.2.4 odf:Element.102
4.2.2.5 odf:prefix.102
4.2.2.6 odf:suffix.102
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4.3 Non-RDF Metadata.102
4.3.1 General.102
4.3.2 Pre-Defined Metadata Elements.103
4.3.2.1 .103
4.3.2.2 .103
4.3.2.3 .103
4.3.2.4 .104
4.3.2.5 .104
4.3.2.6 .104
4.3.2.7 .104
4.3.2.8 .104
4.3.2.9 .105
4.3.2.10 .105
4.3.2.11 .105
4.3.2.12 .105
4.3.2.13 .106
4.3.2.14 .106
4.3.2.15 .106
4.3.2.16 .106
4.3.2.17 .107
4.3.2.18 .107
4.3.3 .107
5 Text Content.108
5.1 Headings, Paragraphs and Basic Text Structure.108
5.1.1 General.108
5.1.2 .108
5.1.3 .109
5.2 .111
5.2.1 General.111
5.2.2 .111
5.3 Lists. 111
5.3.1 .111
5.3.2 Default List Style .112
5.3.3 .112
5.3.4 .112
5.3.5 List Item Style Rules.113
5.3.6 .113
5.3.7 Numbered Paragraph Style Rules.113
5.4 .114
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5.4.1 General.114
5.4.2 .115
5.5 Change Tracking.115
5.5.1 .115
5.5.2 .115
5.5.3 .116
5.5.4 .116
5.5.5 .117
5.5.6 .117
5.5.7 Change Marks.117
5.5.7.1 General.117
5.5.7.2 .118
5.5.7.3 .118
5.5.7.4 .118
5.6 .118
5.7 Document Declarations.119
6 Paragraph Elements Content.120
6.1 Basic Text Content.120
6.1.1 General.120
6.1.2 White Space Characters.120
6.1.3 .121
6.1.4 .121
6.1.5 .121
6.1.6 Soft Hyphens, Hyphens, and Non-breaking Spaces.121
6.1.7 .122
6.1.8 .123
6.1.9 .124
6.1.10 .125
6.2 Bookmarks and References.126
6.2.1 Bookmarks.126
6.2.1.1 General.126
6.2.1.2 .126
6.2.1.3 .126
6.2.1.4 .126
6.2.2 References.127
6.2.2.1 General.127
6.2.2.2 .127
6.2.2.3 .127
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6.2.2.4 .128
6.3 Notes. 128
6.3.1 General.128
6.3.2 .128
6.3.3 .128
6.3.4 .128
6.4 .129
6.4.1 General.129
6.4.2 .129
6.4.3 .130
7 Text Fields.132
7.1 General.132
7.2 Common Characteristics of Field Elements.132
7.3 Document Fields.132
7.3.1 General.132
7.3.2 .132
7.3.3 .133
7.3.4 .133
7.3.5 .133
7.3.6 Subsequent Author Fields.134
7.3.6.1 General.134
7.3.6.2 .134
7.3.6.3 .134
7.3.6.4 .134
7.3.6.5 .135
7.3.6.6 .135
7.3.6.7 .135
7.3.6.8 .135
7.3.6.9 .136
7.3.6.10 .136
7.3.6.11 .136
7.3.6.12 .136
7.3.6.13 .137
7.3.6.14 .137
7.3.6.15 .137
7.3.6.16 .137
7.3.7 Author Fields.138
7.3.7.1 .138
7.3.7.2 .138
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7.3.8 .138
7.3.9 .139
7.3.10 .139
7.3.11 .139
7.4 Variable Fields.139
7.4.1 General.139
7.4.2 .140
7.4.3 .140
7.4.4 .141
7.4.5 .141
7.4.6 .141
7.4.7 .142
7.4.8 .142
7.4.9 .142
7.4.10 .142
7.4.11 .143
7.4.12 .143
7.4.13 .143
7.4.14 .144
7.4.15 .144
7.5 Metadata Fields.144
7.5.1 General.144
7.5.2 .144
7.5.3 .145
7.5.4 .145
7.5.5 .145
7.5.6 .146
7.5.7 .146
7.5.8 .146
7.5.9 .146
7.5.10 .147
7.5.11 .147
7.5.12 .147
7.5.13 .148
7.5.14 .148
7.5.15 .148
7.5.16 .148
7.5.17 .
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