17.18.19 ST_DocType

This simple type specifies the possible classifications that can be used for a WordprocessingML document.

The following possible values for this type are reserved:

Value

Description

Specifies that this document shall be classified as an e- mail message.

Specifies that this document shall be classified as a letter.

Specifies that this document shall be classified as a default document.

[Example: Consider a set of WordprocessingML documents which should be classified as ’letters’. This classification would be specified using the following WordprocessingML in the document settings of these documents:

<w:documentType w:val="letter" />

The documentType element’s val attribute is equal to letter, specifying that the hosting application must apply the behaviors it has specified for letters to the given WordprocessingML document. end example]

This simple type’s contents are a restriction of the W3C XML Schema string datatype.

[Note: The W3C XML Schema definition of this simple type’s content model (ST_DocType) is located in A.1. end note]