Subject: RE: XSL FOs and DSSSL FOs -- same or similar? From: "Didier PH Martin" <martind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 15:42:23 -0400 |
Hi Adam, I am writing about this stuff, but the documents are very preliminary. Actually xsl FOs are more similar to CSS than to DSSSL. The rectangular area concept (in XSL) is more related to the CSS box concept. The visual model of a paragraph (a DSSL display area) is different than both the CSS box and the xsl fo rectanguler area. In the last specifications, XSL was brought closer to CSS. Actually, in the current spec, it is amix of CSS and DSSSL concepts. I think that both CSS and XSL will share the same visual model. I did a cut of the same kind of object in the three languages: css block as in display:block, the XSL fo:block object and the DSSSL paraggraph object. Here are links to documents (work in progress) about CSS, XSL and the DSSSL paragraph object. DSSSL paragraph object: http://www.netfolder.com/DSSSL/Paragraph.htm CSS block object: http://www.netfolder.com/CSS/CSSObjects.htm XSL fo:block object (very preliminary): http://www.netfolder.com/XSL/XslFo.htm MY guess is that XSL fo will become more and more like CSS but who knows, this is still science fiction :-) regards Didier PH Martin mailto:martind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.netfolder.com -----Original Message----- From: owner-dssslist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-dssslist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Adam Di Carlo Sent: Thursday, June 17, 1999 2:20 PM To: dssslist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: XSL FOs and DSSSL FOs -- same or similar? Does anyone know if there is any parity between XSL FOs and DSSSL FOs? I'm considering James Clark's suggestion to decouple jade from the backends, so they are mediated by FOTs. I don't know much about FOs and FOTs, so I'm wondering if there's a way that the jade and emerging XSL community can have some sharing on the backends. If possible, it would be very desirable, since it would benefit both groups, and help us tap the XSL community for quality and quantity of backend engines, which IMHO is the major weakness in jade. -- .....Adam Di Carlo....adam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<URL:http://www.onShore.com/> DSSSList info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/dsssl/dssslist DSSSList info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/dsssl/dssslist
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