New / Revised Structure Types

Request Title

Add new and revise existing Structure Types, with detail.

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PDF/UA

Executive Summary

New/revised Structure Types

Rationale

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Use Case(s)

PDFs containing multiple logical documents and related contexts.

Details of Requested Change

Add the following row to Table 375 (below the row containing the "Document" Structure Type):

Structure Type	Description
DPart	The parent element of any logical document, mapped to the corresponding DPart dictionary (check 32000:2 draft)

Modify the "Div" row in Table 375 as follows:

Structure Type	Description
Div	(Division) A generic block-level element or group of elements that share one or more attributes.

Modify the "Article" row in Table 375 as follows:

Structure Type	Description
Article	(Article) A relatively self-contained body of text constituting a single narrative or exposition. Articles should not contain other articles as constituent elements.

Modify Table 376 to add "Title" as a valid Structure Type for the "Paragraphlike elements" category.

Modify Table 377 as follows:

Structure Type	Description
Title	A block-level element applied to the full formal name of the document.

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