- From: G. Ken Holman <gkholman@CraneSoftwrights.com>
- Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2002 10:26:24 -0400
- To: www-xsl-fo@w3.org
At 2002-08-06 19:37 -0400, Jörg Sukop wrote:
>Is it possible to guarantee that there will be no difference in layout and
>content of a printed/rendered document no matter if it is printed
>immediately or after 10 years?
:{)} Only if you re-run the same processor you ran 10 years prior.
As I understand it, XSL-FO does not guarantee page fidelity between two
conforming processors. Each processor can generate a different area tree
than the other as a result of interpreting the objects (because of
hyphenation and justification, different initial values for half-leading,
different choices for fonts when not specified by the stylesheet, etc.).
One can get asymptotically closer to page fidelity through rigourous
specification of properties, but I don't think it can be guaranteed to
specify enough to get identical area trees and renderings between two
conforming implementations.
................. Ken
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