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    Subject: Re: [office-accessibility] Accessibility Evaluation of the OpenDocument v1.0 specification


    A quick question about this document ...
    
    Is it private to Oasis members? Or can it be shared?
    
    Thanks.
    
    Janina
    
    Peter Korn writes:
    > Greetings,
    > 
    > As set forth in the Statement of purpose of the Accessibility 
    > Subcommittee of the OASIS ODF Technical Committee, the Accessibility 
    > Subcommittee submits their report of the outcome of their accessibility 
    > evaluation of the OpenDocument v1.0 specification.  Our report is 
    > attached, in ODF, PDF, and XHTML formats.
    > 
    > Here is our Executive Summary:
    > 
    >  The ODF Accessibility Subcommittee has identified 9
    >  accessibility issues in ODF 1.0, and proposes candidate
    >  solutions to them. With these changes, we believe that ODF
    >  will meet or exceed the accessibility support provided in
    >  all other office file formats as well as that specified in
    >  the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0.
    > 
    >  Furthermore, these modifications will enable ODF to support
    >  the authoring of DAISY digital talking books, a worldwide
    >  standard used by blind, low vision, learning disabled, and
    >  other print impaired communities.
    > 
    >  The recommended changes address:
    > 
    >    * Alternative text for non-text objects (3 recommendations)
    >    * Proper association of captions to captioned content
    >    * Encoding of pagination information
    >    * Preservation of table semantic structure imported from
    >      other file formats
    >    * Proper encoding of authored table header content
    >    * Author-defined logical navigation of page objects in
    >      presentations
    >    * Provision of alternative text hints for hyperlinks
    > 
    >  Furthermore, we request that the appropriate text be added to
    >  the ODF specification to indicate how this accessibility meta
    >  data is mapped by the authoring tool to a platform accessibility
    >  API as well as their accessibility applicability in the
    >  specification.
    > 
    >  To fully address the needs of people with disabilities in using
    >  ODF, an ODF application must meet a number of accessibility
    >  requirements as well.  ODF application developers should be
    >  provided with implementation guidelines to meet these
    >  requirements.
    > 
    > 
    > It is the intention of this subcommittee to continue working, now with 
    > our focus on the new goal of defining and delivering improvements to the 
    > efficiency and usability of ODF by people with disabilities that goes 
    > beyond the current state of the art.  These improvements include: 
    > effective blind access to slide presentations; partnering with the W3C 
    > to tackle SVG graphics accessibility; better access to graphs and 
    > charts; and improved navigation models for tabular data.  We look 
    > forward to delivering to the technical committee our thoughts and 
    > recommendations in these areas for consideration in future versions of 
    > the ODF specification.
    > 
    > 
    > 
    > On behalf of the OASIS ODF Accessibility Subcommittee,
    > 
    > 
    > Peter Korn
    > Accessibility Architect,
    > Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    > 
    
    
    
    > 
    > 
    >    May 26, 2006
    > 
    > ODF Access Requirements
    > 
    > OASIS ODF Accessibility Subcommittee
    > 
    > Executive Summary
    > 
    > 
    > 
    > The ODF Accessibility Subcommittee has identified 9 accessibility issues in ODF
    > 1.0, and proposes candidate solutions to them.  With these changes, we believe
    > that ODF will meet or exceed the accessibility support provided in all other
    > office file formats as well as that specified in the W3C Web Content
    > Accessibility Guidelines 1.0.
    > 
    > 
    > 
    > Furthermore, these modifications will enable ODF to support the authoring of
    > DAISY digital talking books, a worldwide standard used by blind, low vision,
    > learning disabled, and other print impaired communities.
    > 
    > 
    > 
    > The recommended changes address:
    > 
    >      * Alternative text for non-text objects (3 recommendations)
    >      * Proper association of captions to captioned content
    >      * Encoding of pagination information
    >      * Preservation of table semantic structure imported from other file
    >        formats
    >      * Proper encoding of authored table header content
    >      * Author-defined logical navigation of page objects in presentations
    >      * Provision of alternative text hints for hyperlinks
    > 
    > 
    > 
    > Furthermore, we request that the appropriate text be added to the ODF
    > specification to indicate how this accessibility meta data is mapped by the
    > authoring tool to a platform accessibility API as well as their accessibility
    > applicability in the specification.
    > 
    > 
    > 
    > To fully address the needs of people with disabilities in using ODF, an ODF
    > application must meet a number of accessibility requirements as well.  ODF
    > application developers should be provided with implementation guidelines to
    > meet these requirements.
    > 
    > 
    > 
    > 1.0 Requirement: Provide for soft page breaks in the specification
    > 
    > 
    > 
    > Users are unable to share common page numbering when rendered with different
    > applications, on different systems. This negatively impacts conversions to
    > [1]DAISY digital talking books which utilize page-based navigation as a common
    > reference model to printed material, as well as Braille and large print uses. A
    > common use of these alternate formats is in classrooms, where instructors tell
    > students to turn to a specific page in a book.
    > 
    > 
    > 
    > When a document is paginated the soft page break elements should be exported.
    > We  suggest this be implemented by introducing a new XML tag in writer similar
    > to hard page breaks for soft page breaks.
    > 
    > 
    > 
    > 2.0 Requirement: Correct wording in specification to require table header
    > structural markup
    > 
    > 
    > 
    > Users are unable to recognize all of the table headers that are created as
    > table headers in ODF 1.0.
    > 
    > 
    > 
    > These two sections require changes in the ODF 1.0 specification as defects were
    > discovered during assistive technology interoperability testing with tables.
    > This will impact office applications today as they have been found to
    > incorrectly use styling vs. declarative markup for indicating table headers.
    > Declarative markup is essential for determining proper table structure
    > semantics. Styling does not indicate semantic intent.
    > 
    > 
    > 
    >   8.2.2 Header Columns
    > 
    >   For accessibility purposes, header information is needed. Therefore, any
    >   columns designated as headers by the author must be tagged as such by
    >   encapsulating them within the <table:table-header-columns>. Using style is
    >   insufficient. If a table does not fit on a single page, a set of adjacent
    >   table columns can be automatically repeated on every page. To do so, their
    >   columns descriptions have to be included in a <table:table-header-columns>
    >   element. Descriptions of columns that shall not be repeated on every page can
    >   be included into a <table:table-columns> element, but don't have to. A table
    >   must not contain more than one <table:table-header-columns> element, and a
    >   <table:table-columns> must not follow another <table:table-columns> element.
    >   Twith the only exception areof tables that contain grouped columns (see
    >   8.2.3). Such tables contain more than one <table:table-header-columns>
    >   element, provided that they are contained in different column groups and the
    >   columns contained in the elements are adjacent.
    > 
    >   Applications that do not support header columns have to process header column
    >   descriptions the same way as non header column descriptions.
    > 
    >   The <table:table-header-columns> and <table:table-columns> element are very
    >   similar to 's <THEAD> and <TBODY> elements for rows.
    > 
    >   <define name="table-table-header-columns">
    > 
    >           <element name="table:table-header-columns">
    > 
    >                   <oneOrMore>
    > 
    >                           <ref name="table-table-column"/>
    > 
    >                   </oneOrMore>
    > 
    >           </element>
    > 
    >   </define>
    > 
    > 
    >   <define name="table-table-columns">
    > 
    >           <element name="table:table-columns">
    > 
    >                   <oneOrMore>
    > 
    >                           <ref name="table-table-column"/>
    > 
    >                   </oneOrMore>
    > 
    >           </element>
    > 
    >   </define>
    >   8.2.4 Header Rows
    > 
    >   For accessibility purposes, header information is needed. Therefore, any rows
    >   designated as headers by the author must be tagged as such by encapsulating
    >   them within the <table:table-header-rows>. Using style is insufficient. If a
    >   table does not fit on a single page, a set of adjacent table rows can be
    >   automatically repeated on every page. To do so, their row elements have to be
    >   included in a <table:table-header-rows> element. Rows that shall not be
    >   repeated on every page can be included into a <table:table-rows> element, but
    >   don't have to. A table must not contain more than one
    >   <table:table-header-rows> element, and a <table:table-rows> must not follow
    >   another <table:table-rows> element. The onlyone exception to this isare a
    >   tables that contains grouped rows (see 8.2.5). Such a tables contains more
    >   than one <table:table-header-rows> element, provided that they are contained
    >   in different row groups and the rows contained in the elements are adjacent.
    > 
    >   Applications that do not support header rows have to process header rows the
    >   same way as non header rows.
    > 
    >   The <table:table-header-rows> and <table:table-rows> element are very similar
    >   to 's <THEAD> and <TBODY> elements.
    > 
    >   <define name="table-table-header-rows">
    > 
    >           <element name="table:table-header-rows">
    > 
    >                   <oneOrMore>
    > 
    >                           <ref name="table-table-row"/>
    > 
    >                   </oneOrMore>
    > 
    >           </element>
    > 
    >   </define>
    > 
    > 
    >   <define name="table-table-rows">
    > 
    >           <element name="table:table-rows">
    > 
    >                   <oneOrMore>
    > 
    >                           <ref name="table-table-row"/>
    > 
    >                   </oneOrMore>
    > 
    >           </element>
    > 
    >   </define>
    > 
    > 3.0 Requirement: Provide for author-specified, logical navigation in
    > presentations
    > 
    > 
    > 
    > Authors are unable to indicate a logical navigation order for traversing
    > through objects in ODF presentations as distinct from z-order. The inability to
    > specify a logical navigation order makes it difficult for some users to
    > properly understand a drawing or presentation. For example, if a presentation
    > was designed such that groups of objects represented a logical process to be
    > followed, a blind user would not be able to follow the correct sequence unless
    > specified.
    > 
    > 
    > 
    > We need a mechanism to allow the author to specify a logical, intent-based,
    > navigation order independent of the default document navigation order. We
    > suggest that a nav-order attribute be provided in <draw:page> so that the
    > author may specify the navigation order of the presentation slide or drawing.
    > This optional attribute should only be specified once the author chooses to
    > provide a navigation order. The suggested schema changes for the nav-order
    > attribute addition to <draw:page> are defined below. The nav-order targets
    > encompass all drawing elements and embedded objects unless they are embedded in
    > a <draw:g>. All drawing elements and embedded objects must be assigned an XML
    > id and they must appear in the nav-order list. Once a navigation order has been
    > specified by the author, all new drawing objects shall be assigned an XML id
    > and placed in the nav-order list. Our UI suggestion is that user agents, which
    > employ a navigation tool, allow the author to selectively choose one or more
    > objects and alter their position in the navigation order as shown here:
    > 
    > 
    > 
    >    Navigator window - changing slide object navigation order figure 1
    > 
    > 
    > 
    >   The following are the suggested schema modifications:
    >   9.1.4
    > 
    >   ...
    > 
    > 
    >   The draw:id attribute assigns a unique ID to a drawing page.
    > 
    >   <define name="draw-page-attlist" combine="interleave">
    > 
    >           <optional>
    > 
    >                   <attribute name="draw:id">
    > 
    >                           <ref name="ID"/>
    > 
    >                   </attribute>
    > 
    >           </optional>
    > 
    >       <optional>
    > 
    >           <attribute name="draw:nav-order">
    > 
    >               <ref name="IDREFS">
    > 
    >           </attribute>
    > 
    >       <optional>
    > 
    >   </define>
    > 
    > 
    >   The draw:nav-order attribute defines a logical navigation sequence based on a
    >   collection of unique IDREFs.  If this optional attribute is present, it must
    >   include all graphic elements not contained within a <draw:g> tag.  This
    >   attribute should reflect the intentional ordering of graphics as set by the
    >   document author.
    > 
    > 16.1 Data Types
    > 
    > The following data types are used within this specification:
    > 
    >      * W3C Schema data types as defined in (referenced by <ref> elements named
    >        the same as the corresponding data types)
    >           + string
    >           + date
    >           + time
    >           + dateTime
    >           + duration
    >           + integer
    >           + nonNegativeInteger
    >           + positiveInteger
    >           + double
    >           + anyURI
    >           + base64Binary
    >           + ID
    >           + IDREF
    >           + IDREFS
    > 
    >   Relax-NG definitions for the W3C schema data types:
    > 
    >   <define name="string">
    > 
    >           <data type="string"/>
    > 
    >   </define>
    > 
    >   <define name="date">
    > 
    >           <data type="date"/>
    > 
    >   </define>
    > 
    >   <define name="time">
    > 
    >           <data type="time"/>
    > 
    >   </define>
    > 
    >   <define name="dateTime">
    > 
    >           <data type="dateTime"/>
    > 
    >   </define>
    > 
    >   <define name="duration">
    > 
    >           <data type="duration"/>
    > 
    >   </define>
    > 
    >   <define name="integer">
    > 
    >           <data type="integer"/>
    > 
    >   </define>
    > 
    >   <define name="nonNegativeInteger">
    > 
    >           <data type="nonNegativeInteger"/>
    > 
    >   </define>
    > 
    >   <define name="positiveInteger">
    > 
    >           <data type="positiveInteger"/>
    > 
    >   </define>
    > 
    >   <define name="double">
    > 
    >           <data type="double"/>
    > 
    >   </define>
    > 
    >   <define name="anyURI">
    > 
    >           <data type="anyURI"/>
    > 
    >   </define>
    > 
    >   <define name="base64Binary">
    > 
    >           <data type="base64Binary"/>
    > 
    >   </define>
    > 
    >   <define name="ID">
    > 
    >           <data type="ID"/>
    > 
    >   </define>
    > 
    >   <define name="IDREF">
    > 
    >           <data type="IDREF"/>
    > 
    >   </define>
    > 
    >   <define name="IDREFS">
    > 
    >           <data type="IDREFS"/>
    > 
    >   </define>
    > 
    > 
    > 4.0 Requirement: Alternative text for non-text image- map elements
    > 
    > 
    > 
    > Image maps do not provide for alternative text that is essential for
    > accessibility.
    > 
    > 
    > 
    > We recommend that an <svg:title> element be provided as an optional element to
    > the following:
    > 
    > 
    > 
    > draw:area-rectangle
    > 
    > draw:area-circle
    > 
    > draw:area-polygon
    > 
    > 
    > 
    > Text should be added to these elements as follows:
    > 
    > 
    > 
    > <svg:title> is used as a short accessible name. When transcoding from another
    > document format to ODF the short names, like HTML's alt text on the <img> tags
    > shall shall be mapped to the <svg:title> element. Alternative text in Microsoft
    > Office is considered a short name and should be mapped accordingly.
    > 
    > 
    > 
    > <svg:desc> is used for the long description in support of accessibility.
    > 
    > 
    > 
    > 5.0 Requirement: Alternative text for Drawing layer
    > 
    > 
    > 
    > Drawing layers do not provide for alternative text that is essential for
    > accessibility.
    > 
    > 
    > 
    > We recommend that <svg:title> element be provided as optional element to
    > <draw:layer>. This element must apply to all ODF document formats for which
    > <draw:layer> is used.
    > 
    > 
    > 
    > Text should be added as follows:
    > 
    > 
    > 
    > <svg:title> is used as a short accessible name. When transcoding from another
    > document format to ODF the short names, like HTML's alt text on the <img> tags
    > shall shall be mapped to the <svg:title> element. Alternative text in Microsoft
    > Office is considered a short name and should be mapped accordingly.
    > 
    > 
    > 
    > <svg:desc> is used for the long description in support of accessibility.
    > 
    > 
    > 
    > 6.0 Requirement: Alternative text for drawing objects (line 5926 of spec.)
    > 
    > 
    > 
    > Drawing objects do not provide for alternative text that is essential for
    > accessibility.
    > 
    > 
    > 
    > The <svg:title> and <svg:desc> elements must be provided as optional elements
    > to all drawing shape elements defined below for all ODF document formats for
    > which these drawing shapes are used.
    > 
    > 
    > 
    > The following are the drawing shape elements:
    > 
    > 
    > 
    > <draw:rect>
    > 
    > <draw:line>
    > 
    > <draw:polyline>
    > 
    > <draw:polygon>
    > 
    > <draw:regular-polygon>
    > 
    > <draw:path>
    > 
    > <draw:circle>
    > 
    > <draw:ellipse>
    > 
    > <draw:g>
    > 
    > <draw:page-thumbnail>
    > 
    > <draw:frame>
    > 
    > <draw:measure>
    > 
    > <draw:caption>
    > 
    > <draw:connector>
    > 
    > <draw:control>
    > 
    > <dr3d:scene>
    > 
    > <draw-custom-shape>
    > 
    > 
    > 
    > Text should be added to these elements as follows:
    > 
    > 
    > 
    > <svg:title> is used as a short accessible name. When transcoding from another
    > document format to ODF the short names, like HTML's alt text on the <img> tags
    > shall shall be mapped to the <svg:title> element. Alternative text in Microsoft
    > Office is considered a short name and should be mapped accordingly.
    > 
    > 
    > 
    > <svg:desc> is used for the long description in support of accessibility.
    > 
    > 
    > 
    > User agents supporting platform accessibility APIs should follow the following
    > conventions for supporting the accessible name, accessible description
    > (accessible help on Windows systems), and describedBy relationships:
    > 
    > 
    > 
    > If an <svg:title> element is provided it should map to the accessible name. If
    > not, the name should use the text referenced the text element identified by the
    > draw:describedby attribute. <svg:desc> must be used to support the accessible
    > description. User agents shall not manufacture names for the <svg:title>
    > element, such as using the drawing object followed by a cardinal number in a
    > string as it is used for accessibility. Name assignments such as these provide
    > no semantic meaning to the user.
    > 
    > 
    > 
    > Guidance for authors:
    > 
    > Authors should not assign names to objects having no semantic value. If no name
    > is assigned the caption text will be used in its place. <svg:title> shall take
    > precedence over the caption text for accessible name assignment by the user
    > agent.
    > 
    > 
    > 
    > Assignment of the long description should only be necessary when a drawing
    > object is significantly complex and the user needs more information to describe
    > it. Long descriptions would be more applicable to drawing groupings than basic
    > drawing shapes.
    > 
    > 
    > 
    > Authoring tool responsibility for presenting and prompting for the <svg:title>
    > and <svg:desc>:
    > 
    > 
    > 
    > Authoring tools should provide an option from an objects context menu to allow
    > the user to enter the text for either of these elements as a minimum. More
    > proactive authoring tools should have a facility for prompting the author for
    > this text. Since <svg:desc> is a long description, a text area vs. a text field
    > should be used to prompt the user accordingly in GUI-based authoring tools like
    > Workplace and Open Office.
    > 
    > 
    > 
    > Navigation tools, such as in Workplace and Open Office, used to list the
    > objects in the view should provide
    > 
    > the type of object followed by the contents of <svg:title>. The title must have
    > been entered by the author.
    > 
    > 
    > 
    > For <draw:g> elements the drawing objects which are members of the group should
    > visible only when the group is expanded.
    > 
    > 
    > 
    >    Navigator window - changing graphics navigation order figure 2
    > 
    > 
    > 
    > 7.0 Requirement: Establish clear relationships between objects and their
    > captions
    > 
    > 
    > 
    > Captions are not clearly associated with the drawing objects which they caption
    > and this is needed for accessibility.
    > 
    > Establish clear relationship between a drawing objects and its caption by
    > including a new optional draw:describedby attribute to the following drawing
    > objects.
    > 
    > 
    > 
    > <draw:rect>
    > 
    > <draw:line>
    > 
    > <draw:polyline>
    > 
    > <draw:polygon>
    > 
    > <draw:regular-polygon>
    > 
    > <draw:path>
    > 
    > <draw:circle>
    > 
    > <draw:ellipse>
    > 
    > <draw:g>
    > 
    > <draw:page-thumbnail>
    > 
    > <draw:measure>
    > 
    > <draw:caption>
    > 
    > <draw:connector>
    > 
    > <draw:control>
    > 
    > <dr3d:scene>
    > 
    > <draw-custom-shape>
    > 
    > <dr3d:scene>
    > 
    > <draw:frame>
    > 
    > 
    > 
    > draw:describedby shall take a value of IDREF. The value for draw:describedby
    > attribute shall be the target id assigned to the <text:p> used to represent the
    > corresponding caption. As text:p is an XML element it may have an ID assigned
    > by default. The following attribute list should be included as optional to the
    > above drawing objects:
    > 
    > 
    > 
    > <define name="common-draw-describedby-attlist" combine="interleave">
    > 
    > <attribute name="draw:desribedby">
    > 
    > <ref name="IDREF"/>
    > 
    > </attribute>
    > 
    >  </define>
    > 
    > 
    > 
    > When a caption is assigned by a user agent, an id must be assigned to the
    > element containing the text used to caption a drawing element. The drawing
    > element being captioned must then be assigned the draw:describedby attribute
    > with an IDREF equivalent to the id of the captioning text thus establishing a
    > relationship between the captioned text and the object captioned as needed for
    > accessibility. Removing the caption should result in removing the
    > draw:describedby attribute of the object that was being captioned.
    > 
    > 
    > 
    > If the user agent supports a platform which provides a draw:describedby
    > relationship in its accessibility API, this relationship for captions should be
    > used to fulfill the relationship.
    > 
    > 8.0 Requirement: Establish text hints for hypertext links
    > 
    > 
    > 
    > Hypertext links do not provide hints as to the destination of a link. This is
    > required for accessibility so that users may make informed decisions. This also
    > a W3C Web Content Accessibility Guideline requirement.
    > 
    > 
    > 
    > We recommend that the <svg:title> element must be provided as an optional
    > element to <text:a>.
    > 
    > 
    > 
    > <svg:title> is used as a short accessible description for hint text. When
    > transcoding from another document format to ODF the alt text, shall be mapped
    > to the <svg:title> element. When exporting ODF documents to HTML, the contents
    > of title text should be mapped to title attribute text on HTML anchor tags. As
    > a minimum, authoring tools should provide a mechanism to provide the hint text.
    > 
    > 
    > 
    > The title text should be made accessible to the assistive technology and user.
    > The user agent should allow for programmatic access through standard
    > accessibility APIs such as the accessible description. Users should experience
    > visible access to the hint text via the keyboard or mouse.
    > 
    > 9.0 Requirement: Provide for structured tables in presentations
    > 
    > 
    > 
    > Users importing non-ODF slides that contain tables need access to the table
    > structure via their assistive technology.  Native table support with access to
    > full semantic structure will be addressed in a future release of the ODF
    > specification.  Meanwhile, tables imported into ODF from another file format
    > must have their structure preserved.
    > 
    > 
    > 
    > We suggest that ODF applications be modified immediately to import tables in
    > presentation as embedded spreadsheets.  We further suggest that in the future
    > tables be made a first class object within presentations, similar to they way
    > the are implemented in Writer. Please see the Florian Reuter draft proposal in
    > appendix 1.0 which addresses the accessibility requirements we have identified.
    > 
    > 
    > 
    > Miscellaneous Corrections to ODF 1.0 Specification
    > 
    >   Section 9.2.15 Fix incorrect documentation in z-index
    > 
    > 
    >   We believe the following may be an oversight when specifying z-index.
    > 
    >     Z-Index
    > 
    >     Drawing shapes are rendered in a specific order. In general, the shapes are
    >     rendered in the order in which they appear in the XML document. To change
    >     the order, use the svg:width and svg:heightdraw:z-index attribute.
    > 
    >     This attribute is optional.
    > 
    >     <define name="common-draw-z-index-attlist">
    > 
    >             <optional>
    > 
    >                     <attribute name="draw:z-index">
    > 
    >                             <ref name="nonNegativeInteger"/>
    > 
    >                     </attribute>
    > 
    >             </optional>
    > 
    >     </define>
    > 
    > Appendix
    > 
    > 
    > 
    >   1.0 Florian Reuter draft proposal for future table support
    > 
    >     Problem:
    > 
    >     Currently tables are not supported within presentations. According to the
    >     OpenDocument specification tables can only be inserted to presentations by
    >     surrounding them with a text box.
    > 
    >     What is needed is a table support in OpenDocument, such that tables can be
    >     put to presentations directly. One important issue here is to preserve
    >     accessibility, i.e. is it possible to navigate through tables with e.g. a
    >     screen reader.
    >     Proposed Enhancement
    > 
    >     We propose the following enhancements to the OpenDocument specification and
    >     the OpenDocument schema:
    > 
    > 9.3 Frames
    > 
    > Modify the specification of frames, such that tables can also appear in
    > frames:
    > 
    > <define name="draw-frame">
    > 
    >     <element name="draw:frame">
    > 
    >         <ref name="common-draw-shape-with-text-and-styles-attlist"/>
    > 
    >         <ref name="common-draw-position-attlist"/>
    > 
    >         <ref name="common-draw-rel-size-attlist"/>
    > 
    >         <ref name="presentation-shape-attlist"/>
    > 
    >         <ref name="draw-frame-attlist"/>
    > 
    >         <zeroOrMore>
    > 
    >             <choice>
    > 
    >                 <ref name="draw-text-box"/>
    > 
    >                 <ref name="draw-image"/>
    > 
    >                 <ref name="draw-object"/>
    > 
    >                 <ref name="draw-object-ole"/>
    > 
    >                 <ref name="draw-applet"/>
    > 
    >                 <ref name="draw-floating-frame"/>
    > 
    >                 <ref name="draw-plugin"/>
    > 
    >                 <ref name="table-table"/>
    > 
    >             </choice>
    > 
    >         </zeroOrMore>
    > 
    >         <optional>
    > 
    >             <ref name="office-event-listeners"/>
    > 
    >         </optional>
    > 
    >         <zeroOrMore>
    > 
    >             <ref name="draw-glue-point"/>
    > 
    >         </zeroOrMore>
    > 
    >         <optional>
    > 
    >             <ref name="draw-image-map"/>
    > 
    >         </optional>
    > 
    >         <optional>
    > 
    >             <ref name="svg-desc"/>
    > 
    >         </optional>
    > 
    >         <optional>
    > 
    >             <choice>
    > 
    >                 <ref name="draw-contour-polygon"/>
    > 
    >                 <ref name="draw-contour-path"/>
    > 
    >             </choice>
    > 
    >         </optional>
    > 
    >     </element>
    > 
    > </define>
    > 
    >     Interoperability discussion
    > 
    >     Presentation applications allow graphic-properties on table cells. This
    >     means, that styles referenced by tables cells may contain
    >     graphic-properties.
    >     Example
    > 
    >     Consider for example the following table:
    > 
    >     The above table would be encoded in an OpenDocument spreadsheet as
    >     follows:
    > 
    >     <office:body>
    > 
    >      <office:presentation>
    > 
    >       <draw:page>
    > 
    >        <draw:frame svg:x="5cm" svg:y="7cm">
    > 
    >        <table:table table:name="SampleTable" table:style-name="Table1">
    > 
    >         <table:table-column table:style-name="Table1.Column"
    >     table:number-columns-repeated="3"/>
    > 
    >         <table:table-header-rows>
    > 
    >          <table:table-row>
    > 
    >           <table:table-cell table:style-name="Table1.H"
    >     office:value-type="string">
    > 
    >            <text:p>Header1</text:p>
    > 
    >           </table:table-cell>
    > 
    >           <table:table-cell table:style-name="Table1.H"
    >     office:value-type="string">
    > 
    >            <text:p>Header2</text:p>
    > 
    >           </table:table-cell>
    > 
    >           <table:table-cell table:style-name="Table1.H"
    >     office:value-type="string">
    > 
    >            <text:p>Header2</text:p>
    > 
    >           </table:table-cell>
    > 
    >          </table:table-row>
    > 
    >         </table:table-header-rows>
    > 
    >         <table:table-row>
    > 
    >          <table:table-cell table:style-name="Table1.B"
    >     office:value-type="string">
    > 
    >           <text:p>A1</text:p>
    > 
    >          </table:table-cell>
    > 
    >          <table:table-cell table:style-name="Table1.B"
    >     office:value-type="string">
    > 
    >           <text:p>A2</text:p>
    > 
    >          </table:table-cell>
    > 
    >          <table:table-cell table:style-name="Table1.B"
    >     office:value-type="string">
    > 
    >           <text:p>A3</text:p>
    > 
    >          </table:table-cell>
    > 
    >         </table:table-row>
    > 
    >         <table:table-row>
    > 
    >          <table:table-cell table:style-name="Table1.B"
    >     office:value-type="string">
    > 
    >           <text:p>B1</text:p>
    > 
    >          </table:table-cell>
    > 
    >          <table:table-cell table:style-name="Table1.B"
    >     office:value-type="string">
    > 
    >           <text:p>B2</text:p>
    > 
    >          </table:table-cell>
    > 
    >          <table:table-cell table:style-name="Table1.B"
    >     office:value-type="string">
    > 
    >           <text:p>B3</text:p>
    > 
    >          </table:table-cell>
    > 
    >         </table:table-row>
    > 
    >         <table:table-row>
    > 
    >          <table:table-cell table:style-name="Table1.B"
    >     office:value-type="string">
    > 
    >           <text:p>C1</text:p>
    > 
    >          </table:table-cell>
    > 
    >          <table:table-cell table:style-name="Table1.B"
    >     office:value-type="string">
    > 
    >           <text:p>C2</text:p>
    > 
    >          </table:table-cell>
    > 
    >          <table:table-cell table:style-name="Table1.B"
    >     office:value-type="string">
    > 
    >           <text:p>C3</text:p>
    > 
    >          </table:table-cell>
    > 
    >         </table:table-row>
    > 
    >        </table:table>
    > 
    >        </draw:frame>
    > 
    >       </draw:page>
    > 
    >      </office:presentation>
    > 
    >     </office:body>
    > 
    >     with the following styles:
    > 
    >     <style:style style:name="Table1" style:family="table">
    > 
    >        <style:table-properties style:width="15cm" table:align="margins"/>
    > 
    >     </style:style>
    > 
    >     <style:style style:name="Table1.Column" style:family="table-column">
    > 
    >        <style:table-column-properties style:column-width="5cm"/>
    > 
    >     </style:style>
    > 
    >     <style:style style:name="Table1.H" style:family="table-cell">
    > 
    >        <style:table-cell-properties fo:padding="0.097cm"
    >     fo:border-left="0.002cm solid #000000" fo:border-right="none"
    >     fo:border-top="0.002cm solid #000000" fo:border-bottom="0.002cm solid
    >     #000000"/>
    > 
    >        <style:graphic-properties draw:fill="gradient" draw:fill-color="#bbe0e3"
    >     draw:fill-gradient-name="Gradient_20_7"/>
    > 
    >     </style:style>
    > 
    >     <style:style style:name="Table1.B" style:family="table-cell">
    > 
    >        <style:table-cell-properties fo:padding="0.097cm" fo:border="0.002cm
    >     solid #000000"/>
    > 
    >     </style:style>
    >     Purpose of tables
    > 
    >     In the current OpenDocument specification tables within presentations are
    >     represented based on shapes. This is not acceptable regarding accessibility
    >     issues. All OpenDocument processing entities SHOULD use the proposed table
    >     enhancement.
    > 
    >     The new table feature of OpenDocument SHOULD also be reflected within
    >     OpenDocument processing entities such that the accessibility purpose of the
    >     proposed feature is preserved.
    > 
    > References
    > 
    >    1. http://www.daisy.org/
    
    
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