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[xsl] XSL 2.0 Requirements, survey [Was: XML to PDF (XSL:FO)]

2008-06-25 08:10:21
On Tue, Jun 24 2008 15:46:20 +0100, ekimber(_at_)reallysi(_dot_)com wrote:
...
XSL-FO has been primarily driven by the requirements of technical
documentation and business documents (invoices, bills, etc.), rather than
the requirements of highly-designed or typographically-sophisticated
publications (trade books, magazines, journals). Some of the FO
implementations add features that provide some typographic and layout
effects that go beyond the 1.1 standard but those are not sufficient to
handle the general requirements of books, journals, and magazines. XSL-FO
2.0, currently under development by the W3C, aims to improve FO's
typographic and layout sophistication, but it's unclear at the moment when
we can expect 2.0 to be available (wheels turn slowly for mature standards).

The XSL 2.0 Requirements document is at http://www.w3.org/TR/xslfo20-req/

The best ways for anyone to help see that XSLT 2.0 serves their needs
are:

 - Complete the requirements survey at
   http://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/1/xslfo20requirements/

 - Review the requirements document and provide feedback

Regards,


Tony Graham                         
Tony(_dot_)Graham(_at_)MenteithConsulting(_dot_)com
Director                                  W3C XSL FO SG Invited Expert
Menteith Consulting Ltd
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