Re: What does fo: stand for?

[Stephen Deach <sdeach@xxxxxxxxx>]

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
>
>
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