Main Document Part

Content Type(s):

application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.main+xml

application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.template.main+xml

Root Namespace:

http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/wordprocessingml/2006/main

Source Relationship:

http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/relationships/officeDocument

An instance of this part type contains the body of the document.

A package shall contain a Main Document part (§11.3.10) part. The Main Document part shall be the target of a relationship in the package-relationship item.

The root element for a part of this content type shall be <document.>

example:
<Relationships xmlns="…">
  <Relationship Id="rId1" 
    Type="http://…/officeDocument" Target="word/document.xml"/>
</Relationships>

/word/document.xml" contains the following:

<w:document …>
  <w:body>
    
  </w:body>
</w:document>

A Main Document part shall be located within the package containing the source relationship (expressed syntactically, the @TargetMode attribute of the <Relationship> element shall be Internal).

A Main Document part is permitted to have implicit relationships to the following parts defined by this Standard:

A Main Document part is permitted to contain explicit relationships to the following parts defined by this Standard:

A Main Document shall not have implicit or explicit relationships to any other part defined by this Standard.