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Subject: [legalxml-econtracts] Contract Structure - FrontMatter, Body,BackMatter


Below are the elements for the Page Model of a Contract as I see it. The notions
of FrontMatter-Body-BackMatter is inextricably tied to pagination, insofar as
these items are separately paginated in usual practice, and being located on
separate pages in all events. Nevertheless, content normally associated with
each of these sections of a physical document -- such as the Table of
Contents -- are allowed in addition to be child elements of the <Contract>
element itself -- again, this means that such elements can be placed in either
position.

BackMatter is itself composed of Attachments to the contract; and the Body is
composed of Addendums, but both of these elements may appear as children of the
Contract element itself. Each of these may contain the usual content of
Section-Clause-Paragraph. A <Page> element however may NOT -- it only contains
references to the first and last text elements on a page (software can imply
remaining content with these two markers) -- which I think coordinates nicely
with the universal desire not to mix presentation with content, A <Page> can be
divided into areas; these contain references to first and last text elements, or
references to first and last figures (per their z-order).

Comments?
Thanks,
John

<Contract>
      <Addendum>
	<Clause/>
	<Page>
	      <BeginTextItem/>
	      <EndTextItem/>
	      <PageArea>
		<BeginTextItem/>
	            	<EndTextItem/>
	            	<FirstFigure/>
	            	<LastFigure/>
	      </PageArea>
	      <PageNumber/>
	      <PageOrientation/>
	      <Stylesheet/>
	      <Watermark/>
	</Page>
	<Paragraph/>
	<Section/>
      </Addendum>
      <Attachment>
	<Clause/>
	<Page/>
	<Paragraph/>
	<Section/>
	<TableOfContents/>
	<TableOfFigures/>
	<TableOfTables/>
      </Attachment>
      <BackMatter>
	<Attachment/>
	<BackCover/>
	<Bibliography/>
	<Clause/>
	<Colophon/>
	<Footnotes/>
	<Glossary/>
	<Index/>
	<Page/>
	<Paragraph/>
	<Section/>
	<TableOfAttachments/>
	<TableOfContents/>
	<TableOfFigures/>
	<TableOfTables/>
      </BackMatter>
      <Bibliography/>
      <Body>
	<Addendum/>
	<Clause/>
	<Page/>
	<Paragraph/>
	<Section/>
      </Body>
      <Clause/>
      <Colophon/>
      <Footnotes/>
      <FrontMatter>
	<Clause/>
	<Colophon/>
	<FrontCover/>
	<Glossary/>
	<Page/>
	<Paragraph/>
	<Section/>
	<TableOfAddendums/>
	<TableOfAttachments/>
	<TableOfContents/>
	<TableOfFigures/>
	<TableOfTables/>
      </FrontMatter>
      <Glossary/>
      <Index/>
      <Page/>
      <Paragraph/>
      <Section/>
      <TableOfAddendums/>
      <TableOfAttachments/>
      <TableOfContents/>
      <TableOfFigures/>
      <TableOfTables/>
</Contract>



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