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E Mark Sunderland

Brian M Jones

Robert Andrew Little

Marcin Sawicki

Tristan Davis

Ziyi Wang

An extensible markup language ('XML') schema is provided for defining a content region which displays specific types of content in an electronic document created in a word processing application program. The schema includes structural elements for defining the content region in the electronic document. The structural elements include a properties element for defining properties associated with the content to be displayed in the content region and a content element for receiving the content to be displayed according to the defined properties. The properties element and the content element define the content region in the electronic document.

Method and apparatus for utilizing an extensible markup language schema for managing specific types of content in an electronic document

A method and apparatus are provided for utilizing a document object model to manage content regions for use in an electronic document. A content region is a predefined area which may be inserted in an electronic document and which serves as a placeholder for receiving and displaying specific types of content such as text, graphics data, calendar data, or tabular data. The document object model enables a user to create, modify, and delete content regions from an electronic document using an application programming interface from within a computer application program.

Method and apparatus for utilizing an object model for managing content regions in an electronic document

A system and method for enabling validation of an extensible markup language (XML) document having elements associated with two or more schemata where elements of each schema may be arbitrarily nested within elements from the other schema and each set of elements remains valid within it's own schema. Elements of the second schema are transparent to the elements of the first schema when the word-processor validates the elements of the first schema. The elements of the second schema are separately validated, such that the elements of the first schema are transparent for the validation of the elements corresponding to the second schema.

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