A Final Form Document Architecture for Integrating Multiple Data Formats

The Mixed Object Document Content Architecture (MO:DCA) is used in IBM presentation environments to define an interchange format for final-form documents. The architecture defines document content and layout in a hierarchy of lower-level components and objects using a natural, self-defining syntax. Traditionally, pages in MO:DCA documents were built with data objects that were limited to a small number of fixed formats. An extension is being developed that will allow pages to be built with a mixture of data specified in any of the popular data formats used in the graphics industry. This extension proves particularly useful for adding full-process color data to MO:DCA documents. Traditionally, pages in MO:DCA documents were built with data objects that were limited to a small number of fixed formats. An extension is being developed that will allow pages to be built with a mixture of data specified in any of the popular data formats used in the graphics industry. This extension proves particularly useful for adding full-process color data to MO:DCA documents. This paper will provide an overview of MO:DCA showing the traditional support for limited data formats. It will then describe how the architecture is being extended to support all of the popular data formats using the concept of an object container.