Getting an area tree within your XSLT transform [via Print and Page Layout Community Group]

The Print and Page Layout Community Group is developing a series of open-source
extensions for XSLT processors so you can run any number of iterations of your
XSL-FO processor from within your XSLT transformation, which allows you to make
decisions based on formatted sizes of areas.

The extensions are currently available for Java and DotNet and use either the
Apache FOP XSL formatter or Antenna House AHF formatter to produce the area
trees.  Contributions supporting more XSLT–XSL-FO combinations would, of
course, be welcome.

A single Java jar file covers four combinations of XSLT processor and XSL-FO
formatter:

 Saxon 9.5 and FOP
 Saxon 9.5 and Antenna House
 Xalan and FOP
 Xalan and Antenna House

The DotNet version supports:

 DotNet 4.0 and FOP
 DotNet 4.0 and Antenna House

The graphic below is from a poster done for the Balisage 2014 conference.  It
shows four ways that the XSLT extensions can be used.  Can you see what they
are?



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