MODCA (Mixed Object:Document Content Architecture)
MODCA (Mixed Object:Document Content Architecture): An IBM compound document format for text and graphics elements in a document. The 'Mixed Object' moniker refers to the fact that a MODCA file can contain multiple types of objects, including text, images, vector graphics, and even objects marked as 'barcodes'. An application can simply include a string of digits along with controls that identify a specific type of barcode, and the rendering of bars will be done on the output platform (physical printer hardware or software emulation). It supports Revisable Documents, which are editable like revisable-form DCA, Presentation Documents, which provide specific output formatting similar to DCA final-form, and Resource Documents, which hold control information such as fonts. A MODCA file consists of a sequential, ordered hierarchy of independent objects - documents, pages, data objects, and resource objects such as fonts and ICC profiles. Each object is delimited by begin/end structures, and objects to be rendered specify presentation parameters and resource requirements in structures called "environment groups". Since the pages in MODCA documents appear in sequential order, presentation can start as soon as the first page is received.
Formats for specific objects are specified in OCAs (Object Content Architectures): PTOCA for Presentation and Text that has been formatted for output, GOCA for vector Graphics objects, IOCA for bitmapped Images and FOCA for Fonts. MO:DCA is implemented as IBM's AFP page description language.
MS Technology's MODCA Support:
A trusted name with IBM and it’s customers for the past 8 years, MS Technology provides MODCA applications, such as MST Viewer, MST Raster SDK, and MST Batch Converter. MST Viewer is the only viewer packaged with IBM’s Content Manager 8 and has the largest MODCA file format support over any other MODCA available in the market. For more information about our MODCA solutions, please visit our Document Management section or contact us.
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