Transforming XML to print-ready format
There has been renewed interest in transforming
XML to print ready formats. One emerging way to
achieve this is by use of
XSL
formatting objects and a choice
of several available formatters.
Although the XSL formatting objects
specification is still subject to change, it is
possible to turn XML into PDF and TeX output
formats with the available tools.
James Tauber's FOP program was
the first XSL print formatter. It accepts a DOM
tree or SAX events as input, as well as straight
XML documents.
Sebastian Rahtz, a UK TeX expert, has created
Passive
TeX, which formats XSL via use of the TeX
typesetting system. Passive TeX has good support
for MathML, the mathematical markup
vocabulary.
RenderX
are working on a commercial XSL FO
formatter.
Re: Transforming XML to print-ready format (sunder anand - 06:04, 23 Jul 2001) I am currently working on a project which very much needs XSLTFO, I find it a great technology, But its tuff to learn with existing tutorials. Re: Transforming XML to print-ready format (Fabio Colitta - 14:40, 15 Jun 2001) Nothing is clear, XSLFO is crap. |