Subject: RE: [xsl] Support for XSL-FO From: "Michael Kay" <michael.h.kay@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 23:58:23 +0100 |
The XSL-FO spec, and implementations of it, have indeed come a long way in the two years since XSLT Programmers Reference 1st edition was published. Michael Kay > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of > Jesse Heines > Sent: 20 June 2002 03:26 > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [xsl] Support for XSL-FO > > > In some ways this is a question specifically for Michael Kay, > but I am posting it here rather than sending it directly to > Michael because I think others may be interested in his > response, and I think others may have a different answer that > I would also like to hear. > > On page 22 of the first edition of Michael's XSLT > Programmer's Reference, he states: "... The [XSL-FO] standard > is not yet stable, and the only products that implement it > are at a very early stage of development." With a copyright > date of 2000, I assume that this statement was written in > late 1999 or early 2000. > > Is this statement still true? I found one implementation at > RenderX.com with a freely downloadable evaluation version > (and quite pricey commercial version at $5,000), but so far I > have not found others at the same level. > > Thus I would appreciate hearing people's opinions on the > truth of Michael's above statement today and comments on > other implementations. I'm particularly interested in free > implementations because I'm a college professor and want to > develop some demonstrations and hopefully even an exercise > for my classes. > > Thank you, > Jesse Heines > University of Massachusetts Lowell > > > > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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