Office Open XML
5 Notational Conventions

5 Notational Conventions

The following typographical conventions are used in ISO/IEC 29500:

  • The first occurrence of a new term is written in italics. [Example: The text in ISO/IEC 29500 is divided into normative and informative categories. end example]

  • In each definition of a term in 4 (Terms and Definitions), the term is written in bold. [Example: behavior — External appearance or action. end example]

  • The tag name of an XML element is written using a distinct style and typeface. [Example: The bookmarkStart and bookmarkEnd elements specify … end example]

  • The name of an XML attribute is written using a distinct style and typeface. [Example: The dropCap attribute specifies … end example]

  • The value of an XML attribute is written using a constant-width style. [Example: The attribute value of auto specifies … end example]

  • The qualified or unqualified name of a simple type, complex type, or base datatype is written using a distinct style and typeface. [Example: The possible values for this attribute are defined by the ST_HexColor simple type. end example]

When assigned namespaces are used in examples, they are included at the beginning of the example, but with the specific namespace replaced with ellipsis ("…") for brevity.

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