Re: What layout/styling technologies have people used? [Was: Revise group description?]

On 18 December 2013 22:44, Michael Hahn <xmlronin@gmail.com> wrote:

> I'd like to add a couple of niche products from the 90s -
>
> Omnimark: SGML/XML to HTML or RTF
>
> WordPerfect SGML/XML tools: DSSSL-like stylesheet language for the built-in
> print engine.

Which introduces a scope issue?
Should this group scope its work to include / exclude transformations?
DSSSL had transform/layout, as did XSL (initially).
My view, XSLT does a good job. Keep it out of scope.



>
> I say a lot of PDF is for screen display, but I don't see a large percentage
> sized to displays - it's usually either US Letter/A4 or continuous display.
> The predilection for "paper-sized" PDF either means it's meant for print, or
> just laziness.


Which again raises the idea of 'size to display'? In or out of scope?
Re-flow for the screen size?
Ignore pagination?
Have pages at one page per screen? What alternatives?

How would XSL 2.0 look if ebook readers were a target device?

regards



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