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From: Franz de Copenhague <franzdecopenhague@outlook.com>
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Subject: [Document Model] RE: Initial questions about web-based application 
Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2015 11:20:07 -0400
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=20
> > Is there any Document model defined? I mean for Document model an
> > abstract model that's defined the structure of the document like
> > sections, paragraphs, lists, text, fields, tables, images and =
styles.
>=20
> The document model is HTML5 - that is, it=E2=80=99s identical to what =
the browser
> uses.
>=20
> This gives us the vast majority of what we need for an editor =
=E2=80=9Cfor free=E2=80=9D, in
> that it is provided by the web browser or embedded web view.
>=20
> The editing library consists of JS code that conducts all editing =
operations
> using W3C DOM APIs. It=E2=80=99s basically the same sort of thing as =
CKEditor and
> various other similar web-based rich text editors commonly used on
> wikis/content management systems/blogging engines.
>=20
> =E2=80=94
> Dr Peter M. Kelly

I agree that HTML5 is a good model to feed into the editing library to =
support the edition of paragraphs, lists, text, tables, images. But what =
about sections, headers, footers, fields (author, date, etc ), styles =
and themes? All of them are document features implemented either docx or =
odt and so far they are not supported by DocFormat API.=20

For example, If the section feature is implemented in the web app and =
the user creates a section with 3 columns. It can be rendered like this =
example =
http://www.w3schools.com/css/tryit.asp?filename=3Dtrycss3_column-count, =
but somehow DocFormat needs to know that it is a section to translate to =
docx or odt.=20

HTML5 is good to serialize from/to DocFormat api, and good to be edited =
by the editing library but web app will need a model/controller on top =
of the HTML DOM to support same features. Any thoughts?

-J