Compound Document Format (CDF) is a set of
W3C
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is the main international standards organization for the World Wide Web. Founded in 1994 by Tim Berners-Lee, the consortium is made up of member organizations that maintain full-time staff working together in ...
candidate standards describing electronic
compound document file format
A document file format is a Text file, text or binary file format for storing documents on a computer storage, storage media, especially for use by computers.
There currently exists a multitude of incompatible document file formats.
Examples of ...
s that contains multiple formats, such as
SVG,
XHTML
Extensible HyperText Markup Language (XHTML) is part of the family of XML markup languages which mirrors or extends versions of the widely used HyperText Markup Language (HTML), the language in which Web pages are formulated.
While HTML, pr ...
,
SMIL SMIL or Smil may refer to:
*SMIL (computer), a Swedish first-generation computer
*Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language, a www-standard markup language for multimedia presentations, including playlists and animated SVGs
*Vaclav Smil (born 194 ...
and
XForms
XForms is an XML format used for collecting inputs from web forms. XForms was designed to be the next generation of HTML / XHTML forms, but is generic enough that it can also be used in a standalone manner or with presentation languages other tha ...
.
The core standards are the Web Integration Compound Document and the Compound Document by Reference Framework (CDR). As of August 19, 2010, the Compound Document Format working group has been closed; W3C's development of the standard has discontinued.
See also
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Electronic prescribing
Electronic prescription (e-prescribing or e-Rx) is the computer-based electronic generation, transmission, and filling of a medical prescription, taking the place of paper and faxed prescriptions. E-prescribing allows a physician, physician assista ...
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Compound File Binary Format
References
External links
Official websiteThe Standards blog "Putting the OpenDocument Foundation to Bed (without its supper)"
Marbux "Putting Andy Updegrove to Bed (without his supper)"
Setting the Record Straight - Universal Interoperability Council, 6 February 2008
Markup languages
Open formats
Computer file formats
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