Subject: Re: XSL FOs -> PDF using InDesign From: James Robertson <jamesr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1999 11:39:15 +1000 |
Sebastian Rahtz wrote:
> I was wondering > about writing something to transform FOs into the tagged text format > that InDesign supports for import. Is anyone familiar with that markup > set? Is it capable enough?
The documentation for it is on the InDesign CD. I suppose it's no secret, by I got my copy (of this documentation) internally, so I am no sure it is a version for public consumption.
In any case, no, I don't think it is powerful enough. It is pretty much limited to character and paragraph formatting properties. I believe it is not possible to specify which frames occur on which pages via a tagged file. You can get a good feeling for what it is by exporting a document to a tagged file and looking at it.
On the other hand, the plug-in mechanism seems much better. In fact, the SDK tutorial has an example of an import filter that creates a document from scratch.
Framemaker would seem to be a good choice for this sort of work.
It has two languages: MML (simpler), and MIF (more powerful), allowing you to choice the best import language for the job at hand. My understanding is that MIF allows you to specify frames, graphics, tables, etc.
The former process would seem to introduce two limiting factors: the expressiveness of both XSL:FO and MIF. You could only really get the features that were implemented in both ...
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