formatting objects

The XSL Formatting Objects (XSL-FO) standard is one of the least known parts of the XSL standard (the more prominent part being XSLT).

I've used only a few formatting objects in the sample code, and I showed only a small portion of their properties.

Apache FOP: Learn more about this print formatter driven by XSL formatting objects (XSL-FO) and an output independent formatter.

You can think of styles. xml as a cross between cascading style sheet (CSS) in an XML format, and XSL-Formatting Objects (XSL-FO).

The formatting objects and formatting properties provide the vocabulary for expressing presentation intent.

The second part is called XSL-FO or, simply, Formatting Objects (FO).

All of the examples here assume that ultimately you'll be using the formatting objects as an intermediary to achieve a conversion to PDF.

XSL consists of two parts, a vocabulary for transformation and the XSL Formatting Objects.

You can do the job with an open-source XSLT processor, the XSL Formatting Objects (XSL-FO) vocabulary, and a formatting-object engine.

Both CSS and XSL Formatting Objects (XSL-FO) assume that they're styling words in a row: chapters, paragraphs, sentences, and so on.

Immerse yourself in Formatting Objects by jumping into the W3C's XSL-FO specification, which runs to more than 400 pages.

FOP is the world's first print formatter driven by XSL Formatting Objects (XSL-FO).

The formatting objects denote typographic elements such as page, paragraph, rule, and so forth.

The XSLT templates that transform the and items into the formatting objects follow these rules when processing the element

Extensible Stylesheet Language Formatting Objects

Extensible Stylesheet Language Formatting Objects, XSL-FO

The XSLT template to convert this into formatting objects is short and sweet