Re: [xsl] PDF to XSL-FO

Subject: Re: [xsl] PDF to XSL-FO
From: "Noel Golding" <noel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 11:05:53 -0500
Thanks,  I will have to try this out as well.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Geoff Hankerson" <ghank@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 10:46 AM
Subject: Re: [xsl] PDF to XSL-FO


> The closest thing I have found is using Adobe Illustrator to convert the
> pdf to SVG which could in turn be transformed into another kind of xml.
> It is messy though as you get a postscript-like description of the
> elements in the document
>
> Noel Golding wrote:
>
> >One business problem would be to transform already existing pdf document
to
> >xml.  FO could be the first step to getting it into an xml schema for the
> >organization.  I would benefit from such a tool.
> >
> >Thanks
> >Noel
> >
> >-- Original Message -----
> >From: "W. Eliot Kimber" <eliot@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 10:01 AM
> >Subject: Re: [xsl] PDF to XSL-FO
> >
> >
> >
> >>Mark Seaborne wrote:
> >> > Just wondering if there are any tools to convert pdf to XSL-FO? I did
> >> > a quick Google search, but couldn't find anything obvious.
> >>
> >>This is, I think, an FAQ. The short answer is "no, it can't really be
> >>
> >>
> >done".
> >
> >
> >>My question: why would you need this? What business problem would going
> >>from PDF to FO solve?
> >>
> >>Do you mean generating an FO instance from a PDF document or do you mean
> >>generating an XSLT style sheet that will generate an FO instance?
> >>
> >>I suppose one could, in theory, generate an FO instance that exactly
> >>reflects the formatting represented by the PDF data, but it would be
> >>very difficult to do and couldn't be done without either using the Adobe
> >>PDF library or re-implementing interpretation of the formatting
> >>instructions in the PDF. But the resulting FO would just be a more
> >>verbose, less complete version of the original PDF. It wouldn't be good
> >>for much except turning back into PDF again.
> >>
> >>Cheers,
> >>
> >>Eliot
> >>--
> >>W. Eliot Kimber, eliot@xxxxxxxxxx
> >>Consultant, ISOGEN International
> >>
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