- From: G. Ken Holman <gkholman@CraneSoftwrights.com>
- Date: Sun, 05 Jan 2014 18:08:26 -0500
- To: public-ppl@w3.org
At 2014-01-05 17:09 -0400, Arved Sandstrom wrote: >A sidenote: it's not actually necessary that XSL-FO need be >generated from XML via XSLT. Liam already alluded to this: >transformation from CSS to FO. In fact I could *directly* choose >XSL-FO as a format that I wanted formatters to work with for printed >material, and programs that produce FO from *any* source would work >just as well. It's tunnel vision to think that your FO source needs >to be XML via XSLT. I've been trying for years to promote this concept, and back in 2002 posted a Python example in my free resources: http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/resources/#dumpfo . . . . . . . Ken -- Public XSLT, XSL-FO, UBL & code list classes: Melbourne, AU May 2014 | Contact us for world-wide XML consulting and instructor-led training | Free 5-hour lecture: http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/links/udemy.htm | Crane Softwrights Ltd. http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/f/ | G. Ken Holman mailto:gkholman@CraneSoftwrights.com | Google+ profile: http://plus.google.com/+GKenHolman-Crane/about | Legal business disclaimers: http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/legal |
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