VML Drawing Part

An instance of this part type contains markup in the Vector Markup Language (VML) syntax, which is used to provide an alternative image representation of objects stored in a SpreadsheetML or PresentationML document.

[Note: The VML format is a legacy format originally introduced with Office 2000 and is included and fully defined in this Standard for backwards compatibility reasons. The DrawingML format is a newer and richer format created with the goal of eventually replacing any uses of VML in the Office Open XML formats. VML should be considered a deprecated format included in Office Open XML for legacy reasons only and new applications that need a file format for drawings are strongly encouraged to use preferentially DrawingML. ]

A package is permitted to contain zero or more VML Drawing parts, each of which shall be the target of an explicit relationship in a Handout Master (§13.3.3), Notes Slide (§13.3.5), Notes Master (§13.3.4), Slide (§13.3.8), Slide Layout (§13.3.9), or Slide Master (§13.3.10) part in a PresentationML document; or a Worksheet part (§12.3.24) in a SpreadsheetML document.

<Relationships xmlns="…">
  <Relationship Id="rId8" 
    Type="http://…/vmlDrawing" Target="../drawings/drawing1.vml"/>
</Relationships>

The root element for a part of this content type shall be< xml >in the null namespace, encapsulating an arbitrary amount of VML markup as defined by this Standard.

<xml>
  <v:shape ...>
    ...
  </v:shape>
  ...
</xml>

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

A VML Drawing part is permitted to have explicit relationships to the following parts defined by this Standard:

• Image (§15.2.13)

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