Subject: Re: [xsl] XSL-FO: Column-specific markers From: "Tony Graham" <Tony.Graham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2010 18:33:22 +0100 (IST) |
On Fri, October 8, 2010 3:14 pm, Matthew Nehrbass wrote: > Thanks for the insight, Tony. Using tables worked. That's good to know. > Concerning the WD for XSL-FO 2.0, section 2.2.5.2 seems to be exactly what > I need. Not that I expect the draft to be accepted an implemented > immediately, but do you have any idea how long it takes for drafts like > this one to become standards? I happen to be in a face-to-face meeting af the XSL FO subgroup, so naturally we discussed your question, but I'm afraid that there is no hard and fast answer for that. Getting a spec to Recommendation depends on resources -- and seemingly every XML-related WG at W3C, including ours, is always on the lookout for more members -- and on there being implementations of the spec. Another fact of life for W3C specs is that many people don't look at them or comment on them until they are at the Candidate Recommendation stage -- the point at which the WGs are looking for implementations -- and feedback at that late stage, while good, can delay things more than if the feedback had been received earlier in the process. For XSL FO 2.0, itself, we are still working on new FOs in accordance with our requirements, and I expect a new WD real soon now, then there will be the point where we draw the line in the sand and say that's as much as we can add to make a XSL FO 2.0. On the implementation side, we don't yet have implementations for most features, though an implementation could add the features using an extension namespace if they don't want to yet use the feature as 'official' FOs and properties. On the feedback side, including feedback from implementers, we'd like feedback as early is we can get it so the spec is properly cooked when it does get to Candidate Recommendation. Regards, Tony Graham Tony.Graham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Director W3C XSL FO SG Invited Expert Menteith Consulting Ltd XML Guild member XML, XSL and XSLT consulting, programming and training Registered Office: 13 Kelly's Bay Beach, Skerries, Co. Dublin, Ireland Registered in Ireland - No. 428599 http://www.menteithconsulting.com -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- xmlroff XSL Formatter http://xmlroff.org xslide Emacs mode http://www.menteith.com/wiki/xslide Unicode: A Primer urn:isbn:0-7645-4625-2
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