Subject: Re: What does fo: stand for? From: Stephen Deach <sdeach@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 06 Oct 1999 18:46:18 -0700 |
The abbreviation "fo" (or "FO") refers to "formatting-object", which is the general case. (Which incudes all objects defined in the XSL specification [as distinct from the XSLT specification].) Flow objects are a subset of FOs that are the objects within an fo:flow or fo:static-content object. Though fo: is the namespace prefix, the usage of "fo" or "FO" in general text is not recommended. The full spelling of "formatting-object" or "flow-object" (for the apprpriate subset) should be used. There is ongoing debate about the use of the hyphen in these terms. The usual W3C caveat that these are WDs, not RECs applies (loosely rephrased): "This is subject to change until accepted as a recommendation." ---SDeach At 16:08 1999-10-06 -0700, you wrote: >I know this may seem a ridiculous question, but I'm trying to do some >documentation on FOs, and I don't see anything in the spec regarding whether >the fo: in the namespace prefix is supposed to refer to formatting object or >flow object. Is there a definitive answer to this somewhere in the spec that >someone knows of and I'm just missing it? > >thanks. >Chuck White >Creative Director >ADVANCE Recruitment Advertising, Inc. >chuck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >http://www.advancerecruitment.com > > > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- This e-mail reflects the opinion of the Editor of the XSL (formatting objects) Specification. This is my interpretation of the current (majority) opinion of the portion of the XSL-WG that is working on formatting objects. It may not reflect the opinions of all members of the XSL-WG or even of all members of the portion of the WG that is working on the formatting objects. It is subject to change. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unless explicitly so stated in the text, it does not represent an official position of Adobe Systems, Inc. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen Deach | Sr Computer Scientist 408-536-6521 (office) | Adobe Systems Inc. 408-537-4214 (fax) | Mail Stop E15-420 sdeach@xxxxxxxxx | 345 Park Ave xsl-editors@xxxxxx | San Jose, CA 95110-2704 | USA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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