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This section provides an example of the record hierarchy within a drawing container that specifies the structure of a diagram. This section outlines some of the records that define the structure and properties specific to the following drawing objects<127>:
Basic shapes, including:
Shape fill and color
Shape outline
Shape position
Shape grouping
Text
Diagram type, layout, and protection
Connector lines
The diagram image that is shown in the following figure represents a basic organizational-chart diagram, which consists of a top-level shape, an assistant shape, coworker shapes, and a subordinate shape. Each shape in the diagram contains text, a fill color, and a shape outline. All of the shapes are connected by lines that are called connectors.
Figure 19: Basic organizational chart
The remainder of this section shows the record hierarchy that is used to define a diagram and the shapes that are used to construct a diagram. For a detailed specification of each record that is mentioned, see Structures, as defined in section 2.