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Term: ODA (OPEN DOCUMENT ARCHITECTURE)

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The ODA is an IS0 standard for the interchange of compound documents ,which are documents that may contain images and graphics in addition to text. The IS0 8613 standard specifies three levels of document representation: Level 1:Text-only data Level 2: Text and graphical data from a word processing environment Level 3: Text and graphical data from a desktop publishing environment The standard is primarily concerned with preserving the layout and graphics information in the document. A physical connection is taken for granted - it is the logical connection that is standardized.

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