Re: Implementing Full Page Model

[James Clark <jjc@xxxxxxxxxx>]

W. Eliot Kimber wrote:
> 
> Using Jade as a base, how would the implementation cost be divided between
> the flow object generator and the back ends for an implementation of the
> full page model?  My guess is that it would be about evenly split between
> implementing the necessary style rules on the front end and interpreting
> them into real pages on the back end, but I have no way of knowing for sure.
> 
> The reason I ask is that I may have a client willing to fund the extension
> if they get to keep some part of the result to themselves, i.e., put the
> extended front end back into the public domain, but keep the back end for
> themselves.  It's just a thought.

Which backend are they interested in?  It would be hard to make any of
the existing backends support the full page-model.  It would be
relatively routine to add the appropriate front-end support.  I think it
would hard to implement it in a backend which wasn't a native DSSSL
formatter.

James



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