That is, ODA includes a description of the layout. The goal is to be able to transfer documents between companies without losing either the structural or the layout information. Each company needs 2 converters - 1 from ODA to their system and 1 from their system to ODA.
HyperODA will support hypermedia transfers.
From the Brief Summary
From the ODA info
From the Document Interchange Standards Page
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