1.3 Overview

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This structure describes a ZIP archive that stores all the information needed to describe a web drawing.

A Document XML Part in the ZIP archive describes the properties of the web drawing.

A collection of Visio parts and Shared XML parts in the ZIP archive describes the graphical elements displayed in the web drawing. These graphical elements are presented as Shapes on Drawing Pages. Shapes are described by the Master XML Part, Page XML Part, and Themes XML Part. Drawing Pages are described by the Masters XML Part and Pages XML Part.

Graphical elements can be static or dynamic. Dynamic graphical elements have visual properties that are bound to data in a data source, and the appearance of these elements changes as data in the data source refreshes (section 2.2.10). A collection of Visio parts in the ZIP archive describes the Data Connections, bindings (section 2.2.10.2.1) between data and shapes, and recalculation information necessary to update (section 2.2.11) visual properties. Data connections are described by the Connections XML part. Data bindings are described by the Recordsets XML part. Recalculation information is described by a grammar (section 2.2.11.2.1) for Formula Evaluation that describes how changes in the data are translated into changes in properties of graphical elements. This grammar is described by the Master XML part and Page XML part.

Additional items in the ZIP archive describe the Images and Comments in the web drawing.