RE: [xsl] XHTML to PDF

[Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sean,

At 10:47 AM 7/25/2003, you wrote:
> In regards to the XHTML to PDF transformations and the responses received
> from my original post:

...

> My take-home message there
> is that the methods are maturing to the point where the transformations
> are now, at least, possible, but the HTML/XHTML variations mean that the
> results of transforming to PDF are mixed at best.  The cost/benefit ratio
> isn't where it needs to be.

Yes, exactly. Also, people's requirements for the PDF are so various that a 
generalized solution will also be difficult on that account.

A partial solution, however, would still be better than nothing. Really 
what we may need is a kind of toolkit or box of templates. This merges into 
the whole upconverting-from-HTML problem, which can be a bear. You may need 
a whole production pipeline, starting with HTML Tidy, and possibly allowing 
for some human editorial intervention (depending on what your HTML looks 
like coming in).

Cheers,
Wendell


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