Subject: Clarifiation about the specs From: "Didier PH Martin" <martind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1999 14:26:02 -0500 |
Hi, I read again the XSL specs (the last December version) and a previous paper (27 August 1997 paper) and saw that in the latter, there was explicit mentions of the HTML/CSS flow objects and not any more in the latest specs. Why? Is there any reasons? I do not include the section about DSSSL because the formatting objects in the last specs diverge from dsssl FOs, only the paragraph about HTML/CSS formatting objects. I am asking this question because most actual implementations are using HTML/CSS flow objects and I want to know why the section about HTML/CSS is no longer present in the latest specs. Is there any intentions to zap HTML/CSS flow object from the final specs? Is a stupidly forgotten item? In simple terms: why there is no mentions of HTML/CSS flow objects as part of the XSL specs? I need more precisions to write my article about the style sheet subject. Thanx for the help. Extract from August 1997 paper: ---------------------- To reduce the initial barriers to adoption, a core set of HTML flow objects is recommended in addition to the core DSSSL flow objects. The HTML/CSS formatting model is smewhat different from the DSSSL model, and the inclusion of the HTML/CSS flow objects will make it possible to use XSL with HTML and CSS. It simplifies the targeting of HTML as the output format, and retains consistency of the object model and dynamic behaviors. The characteristics on the flow objects consist of the sum of the CSS property set plus the original HTML attributes where the functionality is not provided by the former. Refer to the HTML 3.2 and CSS specifications for more information. SCRIPT PRE HTML TITLE META BASE BODY DIV BR SPAN TABLE CAPTION COL COLGROUP THEAD TBODY TFOOT TR TD A FORM INPUT SELECT TEXTAREA HR IMG MAP AREA OBJECT PARAM FRAMESET Regards Didier PH Martin mailto:martind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.netfolder.com XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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