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Limitations of ODA and possible modifications

ODA, a standard for the storage and interchange of multimedia documents, deals with both logical structure and layout structure or presentation (unlike SGML). ODA currently includes graphics and images and extensions are being considered to handle audio, video, and hypertext [Cole & Brown, 1990].

  1. Separation of logical structure and layout structure
  2. Comprehensive attribute inheritance
  3. Links
  4. Selective and multiple presentation
  5. Complete interactivity