Mixed Object Document Content Architecture data

Mixed Object Document Content Architecture (MO:DCA) is an architected, device-independent data stream that is used for interchanging documents between different systems. ACIF accepts these MO:DCA Presentation Interchange Set (IS) data streams:
MO:DCA AFP Archive (AFP/A)
Ensures page independence and eliminates images without clearly specified resolution, device default fonts, and external resources.
MO:DCA IS/3
Provides interoperability among AFP products that are MO:DCA IS/3 compliant. It also provides enhanced functions, including support for color and the latest fonts, images, and graphics.
MO:DCA AFP/A, IS/3
Complies with the rules and restrictions of both the AFP/A and IS/3 interchange sets.
MO:DCA Graphic Arts Function Set (GA)
Adds PDF presentation object container support with this extension of MO:DCA IS/3.
ACIF supports MO:DCA-P data with these restrictions:
  • Every structured field must be in one record and cannot span multiple records.
  • Each record (structured field) must contain a X'5A' character before the first byte of the structured field introducer.

ACIF does not change most of the MO:DCA-P structured fields it processes because they are already in the correct format. However, although the MO:DCA-P input data stream might contain multiple Begin Document (BDT) and End Document (EDT) structured fields, the ACIF output normally contains only one BDT/EDT structured-field pair. To pass all of the BDT/EDT pairs to the output data stream, the INDEXOBJ=BDTLY parameter is specified. See Output MO:DCA-P data stream for information about the changes ACIF makes to support MO:DCA-P output format.

For more information about the MO:DCA-P data stream, see Mixed Object Document Content Architecture Reference.