Child elements of background are described using deprecated namespaces only. Accordingly, the background element should either be described in terms of current OOXML elements or deprecated.

VML remains in the standard for compatibility reasons. However, new documents shall not use VML. VML shall be used only for backward compatibility reasons to enable the migration of older documents to Open XML. One possibility would be to move VML to a separate section as an informative annex or save as part

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Proposed Disposition of DIS 29500 Comment DE-0022 (Modified: 2008-01-03) Agreed; deprecated markup should not be required in Part 4, §2.3.3.19 and §2.3.3.21 (or at any other location within WordprocessingML). At each location where VML is required, VML will be deprecated and replaced with an alternative in the DrawingML format. This is addressed in detail within the disposition of the following comments: CA-0076, CL-0025, CL-0206, CO-0076, CO-0223, CZ-0004, CZ-0011, DE-0018, DE-0020, DE-0021, DE-0115, DE-0116, DK-0058, DK-0095, DK-0150, DK-0155, FI-0008, GB-0177, GB-0190, GB-0476, GB-0477, GR-0087, IE-0009, JP-0030, KE-0047, KE-0064, MX-0006, US-0092, US-0152, UY-0002, VE-0013, and ZA-0016. Similar Comments: CA-0016 , CL-0140 , CO-0085 , CO-0086 , DE-0019 , DE-0109 , DK-0006 , DK-0007 , DK-0008 , DK-0009 , DK- 0022 , FR-0049 , GB-0174 , GB-0178 , GR-0069 , IN-0049 , KE-0048 , KE-0053 , MY-0001 , US-0119 , US-0124 , VE-0014