Subject: Re: [xsl] Office 2007, XSL-FO, and the Adobe "Save as PDF" (non)native-support... From: "M. David Peterson" <xmlhacker@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2006 19:06:39 -0600 |
PDF is not going to live or die based on Adobe's disagreement with Microsoft.
PDF is here to stay because of it works well as an "output" format.
It is pretty well entrenched in the computer universe.
The real question is, are there good, reliable tools for XSL-FO output to PDF?
I assume yes... But I'm not qualified to answer this. The connection that I originally made that caused the desire to ping this list was based on the simple notion that I do know that XSL-FO is used to create PDF documents. Unfortunately my experience with the FO side of XSL is limited... REALLY limited.
My thought was "If there is information that is valuable to a publisher (e.g. meta-data such as that associated with citations) and this information can be embedded into a PDF document using standard citation style footnotes and such, then does the fact that the new XML format allows for ease of extension (and as such, allows the ability to easily embed meta-data during a copy/paste operation) + the ability to "Save as PDF..." + the connection that FO has to PDF = Opportunity for the XSL-FO community?
However, your point now has me wondering... is XSL-FO as embedded into the printing industry as I (incorrectly?) assumed it was?
Again, this is all fairly new territory to me... Initially this seemed like a question best answered by a G. Ken Holman or a Norm Walsh-type expert, but it seems you also have quite a bit of experience in this area as well...
Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing 585-659-8267 www.frameexpert.com
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M. David Peterson http://www.xsltblog.com/
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