Glossary
Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.
7 results found in Document Formats.
- Compound Document (Compound Web Document, Multi-format Document)
- A compound document is a single deliverable that seamlessly combines content in multiple formats — for example, an HTML page that embeds a Flash movie, an SVG graphic, an MathML expression, and a vide…
- DocBook (DocBook XML)
- An XML-based markup language designed for technical documentation and publishing, providing a semantic vocabulary for books, articles, and other prose documents. DocBook separates content from present…
- Document Engineering (Document Design, Document Processing)
- Document engineering is the discipline concerned with the principles, tools, and processes for creating, managing, transforming, and presenting documents in ways that optimise their use across differe…
- OpenDocument Format (ODF, OASIS ODF)
- An open, XML-based file format standard for office documents maintained by OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards). ODF includes specifications for text documents,…
- PDF Form (PDF Fillable Form, Interactive PDF Form, AcroForm)
- A PDF document that contains interactive form fields — text boxes, checkboxes, radio buttons, signatures, dropdowns — that users can fill in and submit electronically, rather than a static PDF meant o…
- XML (Extensible Markup Language)
- A markup language designed by the W3C for encoding structured data in a format that is both human-readable and machine-readable. Unlike HTML, which has a fixed set of tags focused on presentation, XML…
- ePub (Electronic Publication, EPUB)
- An open standard file format for digital publications and documents, maintained by the W3C. ePub is significant for accessibility because it supports reflowable content that adapts to different screen…