VML

VML is a language for defining graphical objects in cases where DrawingML does not apply, such as text boxes and shapes in WordprocessingML documents and comments and controls in SpreadsheetML documents. This namespace provides the base elements and attributes for defining shape primitives. Other VML namespaces define elements that layer on information beyond the baseline graphical definition. To maintain backward compatibility, all VML namespaces defined in this specification maintain the legacy namespace structure already used by millions of documents.

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The drawing consists of four shapes. The arrows are specified by extending the shape type base definition in the <shapetype> element. Each <shape> representing an arrow references the <shapetype> it is extending via its @type attribute.

<v:shapetype id="_x0000_t32" coordsize="21600,21600" o:spt="32" o:oned="t" 
  path="m,l21600,21600e" filled="f">
  <v:path arrowok="t" fillok="f" o:connecttype="none"/>
  <o:lock v:ext="edit" shapetype="t"/>
</v:shapetype>
<v:shape id="_x0000_s1030" type="#_x0000_t32" style="position:absolute;left:0;
  text-align:left;margin-left:105pt;margin-top:36pt;width:48pt;height:0;flip:x;
  z-index:251661312" o:connectortype="straight">
  <v:stroke endarrow="block"/>
</v:shape>
<v:shape id="_x0000_s1029" type="#_x0000_t32" style="position:absolute;left:0;
  text-align:left;margin-left:105pt;margin-top:21.75pt;width:48pt;height:0;
  z-index:251660288" o:connectortype="straight">
  <v:stroke endarrow="block"/>
</v:shape>

The rounded rectangles use the VML <roundrect> element.

<v:roundrect id="_x0000_s1028" style="position:absolute;left:0;
  text-align:left;margin-left:153pt;margin-top:8.25pt;width:68.25pt;height:42pt;
  z-index:251659264" arcsize="10923f"/>
<v:roundrect id="_x0000_s1027" style="position:absolute;left:0;
  text-align:left;margin-left:36.75pt;margin-top:8.25pt;width:68.25pt;
  height:42pt;z-index:251658240" arcsize="10923f"/>

Note that, throughout VML, numeric values that are allowed to take units may be specified in: cm (centimeters), mm (millimeters), in (inches), pt (points), pc (picas), px (pixels).