pptx/relationship-orphan-detection

Negative invariant: every r:id referenced on a slide's a:hlinkClick must have a matching <Relationship Id='...'/> in the slide's rels file, and the rels file must not carry duplicate Ids.

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Metadata

Feature idpptx/relationship-orphan-detection
Formatpptx
Categoryreferences
Spececma-376-5-part-2 § 9.3 pr:Relationship

XPath assertions

ID / partPredicateXPathpython-pptxpptxjs
slide-hlinkclick-has-rid
ppt/slides/slide1.xml
match = ^1(\.0+)?$
Exactly one a:hlinkClick with an r:id must be present on slide 1.
count(//a:hlinkClick[@r:id])
slide-rel-count-is-1-hyperlink
ppt/slides/_rels/slide1.xml.rels
match = ^1(\.0+)?$
The slide's rels file must carry exactly one hyperlink Relationship.
count(//pr:Relationship[@Type='http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/relationships/hyperlink'])
slide-rel-ids-unique
ppt/slides/_rels/slide1.xml.rels
absent
Relationship Ids must be unique within the rels file; any duplicate would be selected by this XPath.
//pr:Relationship[@Id = preceding-sibling::pr:Relationship/@Id]
slide-hyperlink-rel-is-external
ppt/slides/_rels/slide1.xml.rels
equal = External
The hyperlink relationship in this fixture is external; it must carry TargetMode='External'.
string(//pr:Relationship[@Type='http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/relationships/hyperlink']/@TargetMode)

Render assertions

No render assertions declared.

Generator source

scripts/gen_relationship_orphan_detection_pptx.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Generate ``fixtures/pptx/relationship-orphan-detection.pptx``.

A minimal presentation with exactly one external-URL hyperlink on slide 1.
Designed to satisfy ``pptx/relationship-orphan-detection``.

.. versionadded:: 2026.05.0
"""

from __future__ import annotations

import datetime as _dt
from pathlib import Path

from pptx import Presentation
from pptx.util import Inches

_REPO_ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
_OUT = _REPO_ROOT / "fixtures" / "pptx" / "relationship-orphan-detection.pptx"
_REPRODUCIBLE_DT = _dt.datetime(2000, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0)


def main() -> int:
    prs = Presentation()
    slide = prs.slides.add_slide(prs.slide_layouts[5])
    textbox = slide.shapes.add_textbox(Inches(1), Inches(2), Inches(6), Inches(1))
    run = textbox.text_frame.paragraphs[0].add_run()
    run.text = "Resolved external hyperlink"
    run.hyperlink.address = "https://example.com/no-orphan"

    _OUT.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
    prs.save(_OUT, zip_date_time=_REPRODUCIBLE_DT)
    print(_OUT)
    return 0


if __name__ == "__main__":
    raise SystemExit(main())

Manifest (expanded)

{
  "$schema": "../manifest.schema.json",
  "id": "pptx/relationship-orphan-detection",
  "title": "Relationship orphan detection (pptx)",
  "format": "pptx",
  "category": "references",
  "summary": "Negative invariant: every r:id referenced on a slide's a:hlinkClick must have a matching <Relationship Id='...'/> in the slide's rels file, and the rels file must not carry duplicate Ids.",
  "spec": {
    "source": "ecma-376-5-part-2",
    "clause": "9.3",
    "element": "pr:Relationship",
    "rnc_reference": "spec/ecma-376-5/part-2/rnc/opc-relationships.rnc",
    "xsd_reference": "spec/ecma-376-5/part-2/xsd/opc-relationships.xsd",
    "notes": "Part-2 OPC invariants applied at slide scope. The fixture carries exactly one external-URL hyperlink on slide 1. The assertions pin both sides of the link: slide1.xml references one a:hlinkClick with an r:id, and slide1.xml.rels contains exactly one hyperlink Relationship with a matching Id."
  },
  "fixtures": {
    "machine": "pptx/relationship-orphan-detection"
  },
  "generator": {
    "python": "scripts/gen_relationship_orphan_detection_pptx.py"
  },
  "assertions": [
    {
      "id": "slide-hlinkclick-has-rid",
      "part": "ppt/slides/slide1.xml",
      "namespaces": {
        "a": "http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/drawingml/2006/main",
        "r": "http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/relationships"
      },
      "xpath": "count(//a:hlinkClick[@r:id])",
      "must": "match",
      "value": "^1(\\.0+)?$",
      "description": "Exactly one a:hlinkClick with an r:id must be present on slide 1."
    },
    {
      "id": "slide-rel-count-is-1-hyperlink",
      "part": "ppt/slides/_rels/slide1.xml.rels",
      "namespaces": {
        "pr": "http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/package/2006/relationships"
      },
      "xpath": "count(//pr:Relationship[@Type='http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/relationships/hyperlink'])",
      "must": "match",
      "value": "^1(\\.0+)?$",
      "description": "The slide's rels file must carry exactly one hyperlink Relationship."
    },
    {
      "id": "slide-rel-ids-unique",
      "part": "ppt/slides/_rels/slide1.xml.rels",
      "namespaces": {
        "pr": "http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/package/2006/relationships"
      },
      "xpath": "//pr:Relationship[@Id = preceding-sibling::pr:Relationship/@Id]",
      "must": "absent",
      "description": "Relationship Ids must be unique within the rels file; any duplicate would be selected by this XPath."
    },
    {
      "id": "slide-hyperlink-rel-is-external",
      "part": "ppt/slides/_rels/slide1.xml.rels",
      "namespaces": {
        "pr": "http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/package/2006/relationships"
      },
      "xpath": "string(//pr:Relationship[@Type='http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/relationships/hyperlink']/@TargetMode)",
      "must": "equal",
      "value": "External",
      "description": "The hyperlink relationship in this fixture is external; it must carry TargetMode='External'."
    }
  ]
}

Fixture

Download relationship-orphan-detection.pptx (27.6 KB)

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Spec notes

Part-2 OPC invariants applied at slide scope. The fixture carries exactly one external-URL hyperlink on slide 1. The assertions pin both sides of the link: slide1.xml references one a:hlinkClick with an r:id, and slide1.xml.rels contains exactly one hyperlink Relationship with a matching Id.