Subject: Re: [xsl] PDF to XSL-FO From: Geoff Hankerson <ghank@xxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 09:46:15 -0600 |
One business problem would be to transform already existing pdf document to xml. FO could be the first step to getting it into an xml schema for the organization. I would benefit from such a tool.
Thanks Noel
-- Original Message ----- From: "W. Eliot Kimber" <eliot@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 10:01 AM Subject: Re: [xsl] PDF to XSL-FO
done".Mark Seaborne wrote: > Just wondering if there are any tools to convert pdf to XSL-FO? I did > a quick Google search, but couldn't find anything obvious.
This is, I think, an FAQ. The short answer is "no, it can't really be
My question: why would you need this? What business problem would going from PDF to FO solve?
Do you mean generating an FO instance from a PDF document or do you mean generating an XSLT style sheet that will generate an FO instance?
I suppose one could, in theory, generate an FO instance that exactly reflects the formatting represented by the PDF data, but it would be very difficult to do and couldn't be done without either using the Adobe PDF library or re-implementing interpretation of the formatting instructions in the PDF. But the resulting FO would just be a more verbose, less complete version of the original PDF. It wouldn't be good for much except turning back into PDF again.
Cheers,
Eliot -- W. Eliot Kimber, eliot@xxxxxxxxxx Consultant, ISOGEN International
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