I'd be interested in folks thoughts about this one. If textBidi is 'yes' then the following properties come in to play: - textBidiTextOrdering - textBidiOrientation - textBidiSymmetric - textBidiTextShaped - textBidiNumeralShape Two of the properties have 'text' appearing twice in the name. This seems superfluous to me. Any reason why these two properties have an extra 'text' ? I only noticed this because the IBM DFDL model has coded 'textBidiTextOrientation' which does not match the spec. Regards Steve Hanson Architect, Data Format Description Language (DFDL) Co-Chair, OGF DFDL Working Group IBM SWG, Hursley, UK smh@uk.ibm.com tel:+44-1962-815848 Unless stated otherwise above: IBM United Kingdom Limited - Registered in England and Wales with number 741598. Registered office: PO Box 41, North Harbour, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO6 3AU