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BS 7299-2:1990

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Office document architecture (ODA) and interchange format for text and office systems Document structures
Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Withdrawn date

15-06-1999

Language(s)

English

Published date

31-07-1990

National foreword
Committees responsible
Section 1. Introduction
1. Scope
2. Normative references
3. Definitions, symbols and abbreviations
Section 2. Architectural principles
2.1 Architectural concepts
2.2 Structural model of a document
2.3 Descriptive representation of a document
2.4 Document processing model
2.5 Roles of the document architecture constituents
      in document processing
Section 3. Document structures
3.1 Specific structures
3.2 Specific logical structures
3.3 Specific layout structure
3.4 Documents containing both specific structures
3.5 Generic structures
Section 4. Interface between the document architecture
and content architectures
4.1 General concept
4.2 Specification of a content architecture
4.3 Interface information
Section 5. Attribute definitions
5.1 General principles of attributes
5.2 Attribute specification format
5.3 Shared attributes
5.4 Layout attributes
5.5 Logical attributes
5.6 Layout style attributes
5.7 Layout directives
5.8 Presentation style attributes
5.9 Content portion attributes
Section 6. Reference model of the document layout
process
6.1 Overview
6.2 Content and layout structure generation
6.3 Layout references and categories
6.4 The effect of some attributes on the document
      layout process
6.5 Layout process for frames
6.6 Allocation of areas for blocks
6.7 Alternative representation
Section 7. Reference model of the document imaging
process
7.1 Imaging order
7.2 Intersection principles
7.3 General rules for positioning pages on
      presentation surfaces
Section 8. Document architecture levels
8.1 Definition of document architecture classes
8.2 The constituents of document architecture classes
8.3 Minimum attribute sets
Annexes
A. Notation used to represent document structures
B. Examples of document structures
C. Examples of document architecture levels
D. Examples of particular document architecture
     features
E. The defaulting mechanism
F. Attribute summary tables
Tables
1. Defaultable attributes that can be specified in
     default value lists
2. Document architecture classes
B.1 Constituents for figure B.7, Specific logical
     structure
B.2 Constituents for figure B.8, Specific logical
     structure
B.3 Presentation styles for figure B.8
B.4 Constituents for figure B.9, Generic logical
     structures
B.5 Styles for figure B.9, Generic logical structure
B.6 Constituents for specific logical structure
B.7 Constituents for figure B.10, Generic layout
     structure
B.8 Constituents for figure B.11, Specific layout
     structure
C.1 Document architecture levels
C.2 FDA levels: layout structures
C.3 PDA levels: logical structures
C.4 PDA levels: applicability of layout directive
     attributes
C.5 PDA levels: layout structures
C.6 FPDA levels: logical structures
C.7. FPDA levels: applicability of layout directive
     attributes
C.8 FPDA levels: layout structures
E.1 Applicable steps for defaulting of attributes
F.1 List of attributes of constituents
F.2 Attributes which may be specified for constituents
     shared attributes
F.3 Layout directive attributes which may be applied to
     logical components
Figures
1. Views of a document
2. Descriptive model of a document
3. Document processing model
4. Example of sequential order
5. Permissible specific logical structures
6. Permissible specific layout structures
7. The horizontal and vertical directions of layout
     objects
8. Naming of the edges of blocks and of their
     immediately superior frames
9. Border around a block
10. Border within a frame
11. Example of relationship between logical and layout
     objects and associated content portions
12. Document architecture - content architecture
     interface
13. Illustration of layout streams
14. Nominal page co-ordinate system and orientation
15. Dimensions and assured reproduction areas for ISO
     A4 page size
16. Dimensions and assured reproduction areas for
     North American Letter page size
17. Dimensions and assured reproduction areas for
     ISO A3 page size
18. Dimensions and assured reproduction areas for
     Japanese legal page size
19. Dimensions and assured reproduction areas for
     Japanese letter page size
A.1 Example of document structure notation:- main
     structure
A.2 Example of document structure notation - subtree
B.1 Specimen document 'letter' (1)
B.2 Specimen document 'letter' (2)
B.3 Specimen document 'letter' (3)
B.4 Layout of 'letter' showing pages and blocks (1)
B.5 Layout of 'letter' showing pages and blocks (2)
B.6 Layout of 'letter' showing pages and blocks (3)
B.7 Specific layout structure (showing pages and
     blocks)
B.8 Specific logical structure
B.9 Generic logical structure
B.10 Generic layout structure
B.11 Specific layout structure
B.12 Layout structure of 'letter' showing 'pages',
     'frames' and 'blocks' (1)
B.13 Layout structure of 'letter' showing 'pages',
     'frames' and 'blocks' (2)
B.14 Layout structure of 'letter' showing 'pages',
     'frames' and 'blocks' (3)
D.1 Fixed position frame
D.2 Single column text of variable height
D.3 'Wrapping' of text around a left aligned picture
D.4 Horizontally centred picture with text on both
     sides
D.5 Mulit-lingual synchronized text
D.6 Footnote placement
D.7 Tabular layout
D.8 Concatenation of chapter number and title
D.9 Concatenation of parts of a paragraph
D.10 Illustration of attribute 'offset'
D.11 Illustration of attribute 'separation'
D.12 Layout path 0 deg and 270 deg
D.13 Illustration of fill order
D.14 Illustration of block alignment
D.15 Illustration of the attribute 'separation'
D.16 Illustration of layout of blocks in normal and
     reverse order
D.17 Illustration of layout objects in normal order
D.18 Illustration of layout of logical objects in
     reverse order
D.19 Illustration of synchronization
D.20 Illustration of new layout object
D.21 Illustration of same layout object
D.22 Illustration of indivisibility
D.23 Illustration of balance
D.24 Illustration of overlapping blocks
D.25 Sequential layout order
D.26 Final image
D.27 Sequential layout order
D.28 Image within frame F1
D.29 Imaging of blocks B1, B2, B3
D.30 Image of block B4 added
D.31 Image of block B5 added
D.32 Final image
D.33 Use of bindings and content generator for
     numbering chapters

Defines and describes the concepts of document architecture. Defines document structures and attributes. Specifies the interface between the document architecture and the content architectures.

Committee
ICT/1
DevelopmentNote
Because ISO 8613-2 1989 with which this standard is identical is referenced in a number of International Standardized Profiles (ISPs), BSI has decided to retain BS 7299: Part 2: 1990 as available for purchase.
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
186
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Withdrawn
SupersededBy

ISO/IEC 8613-5:1994 Information technology — Open Document Architecture (ODA) and Interchange Format: Open Document Interchange Format
ISO/IEC 8824:1990 Information technology — Open Systems Interconnection — Specification of Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1)
ISO/IEC 8613-4:1994 Information technology Open Document Architecture (ODA) and Interchange Format: Document profile
ISO 6937-2:1983 Information processing Coded character sets for text communication Part 2: Latin alphabetic and non-alphabetic graphic characters
ISO/IEC 8613-7:1994 Information technology Open Document Architecture (ODA) and Interchange Format: Raster graphics content architectures Part 7:

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