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Children of the paragraph element

para element

This is the top level element.

Description
Child elements
Attributes
No. of occurr.
<para 
id: string
sizeInfoId: a qualifier of a sizeInfo from sizeInfos
styleId: a qualifier of a style from paragraphStyles >
Content(xdata?, imageReference?, comments?, content)
</para>
content
xdata
comments
imageReference
id (string identification of the paragraph)
sizeInfoId (ID of the sizeInfo declared in sizeInfos)
styleId (Id of the style declared in paragraphStyles)
Unlimited

Note that the sizeInfoId is a keyRef attribute, its value should be one of the sizeInfoIds. styleId is a keyRef attribute, its value should be one of paragraphStylesIds.

Example:

<parasizeInfoId="rect"styleId="f1"><xdata>Various custom data in across.
      <imageReference>Images/image1.jpg</imageReference><comments><comment>This my comment </comment></comments><content>Franz jagt im <styleid="italic">verwahrlosten</style>
 Taxi durch Bayern.</content></para>

imageReference element

Contains link to image, used in display texts packages.

Description
Parent element
No. of occurrences
<imageReference> 
Content:(string)
</imageReference>
para
None or one

comments and comment element

 
Description
Parent element
No. of occurrences
comments
Container for comment elements
<comments>
Content:(comment)*
</comments>
para
None or one
comment
Contains formatted comment
<comment> 
Content:(text: string, h1?, h2?, b?, i?, u?, sup?, sub?, br?, ol?, li?, ul?)
</comment>
One or unlimited

Content element and its children

 
Description
Child elements
Attributes
No. of occurrences
content
Contains paragraph text.
style
protected Text
 
Once
style
Content with a specific character style.
<style 
id: a qualifier of a style from characterStyles > Content: string|protectedText)*
</style>
protected Text
Id (Id of the style declared in characterStyles)
Unlimited
protectedText
A part of content protected from changes.
<protectedText> 
id: string
Content:(NotEmptyString)
</protectedText>
-
Id (string identificator of a protected element)
Unlimited

Example:

<parasizeInfoId="rect"styleId="f1">
      Franz jagt <styleid="bold">im komplett</style><styleid="italic">verwahrlosten</style><protectedText>Taxi</protextedText> quer 
      <styleid="underline">durch</style><protectedTextid="protected1">Bayern</protectedText>.
</para>

xdata element

Container for custom information that generator of display texts file generator want to store related to parent element of xdata.

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