DocumentID: ECMA-376/Part1/8.6.2
Title: ECMA-376, Part1: 8.6.2 VML
Extracted-From: ECMA-376 Office Open XML File Formats, 1st Edition / December 2006
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8.6.2 VML

VML specifies the appearance and content of certain shapes in a document. This is used for shapes such as text boxes, as well as shapes which must be stored to maintain compatibility with earlier versions of consumer/producer applications.

[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. end note]

A shape definition is typically specified using two elements: shapeData, which stores information about the shape, and shape, which stores the shape definition and appearance directly.