XSL or XSLT?

[Sean Champ <sy...@email.msn.com>]

does the XSLT spec have any priority, as far as inclusion in the FOP-docs?

These w3c tech-specs aren't exactly the easiest thing to break into
managable chunks ;)   and I'm trying to figure which I should try and
piece-up today, and which should be done first.

--Sean

Re: XSL or XSLT?

[Jon Smirl <jo...@mediaone.net>]

Check out www.renderx.com for a commercial xsl-fo implementation.

This page is fun to look at:
http://www.renderx.com/testcases.html

Jon Smirl
jonsmirl@mediaone.net

Re: XSL or XSLT?

[Jon Smirl <jo...@mediaone.net>]

XSLT is not necessary to understanding and using FOP. They are often used
together but it's not a requirement. I wouldn't include any XSLT info, there
are several books begin written about XSLT that will provide sufficient
coverage. As far as I know no one is writing a book on XSL fo.

1) FOP, XSL formatting objects. These describe a method for laying out a
page. Closely related to CSS2
2) XSLT takes your XML input and maps it to the XSL fo's. XSLT can map
anything to anything, it doesn't have to be XSL fo's.

HTML doesn't have a process that corresponds to XSLT. HTML is actually
closer to XSL fo's.

Definitely check out Javadoc -
http://java.sun.com/products/jdk/javadoc/index.html
For example this http://java.sun.com/products/jdk/1.3/docs/api/index.html
was generated from Javadoc.

A lot of the XSL-fo spec looks like it is computer generated. Poke around on
the W3C site and see if you can find the source.

Jon Smirl
jonsmirl@mediaone.net