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RE: Support for XSL-FO

Subject: RE: Support for XSL-FO
From: "Michael Kay" <michael.h.kay@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 23:58:23 +0100
michael kay xsl fo
The XSL-FO spec, and implementations of it, have indeed come a long way
in the two years since XSLT Programmers Reference 1st edition was
published.

Michael Kay

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
> Jesse Heines
> Sent: 20 June 2002 03:26
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:  Support for XSL-FO
> 
> 
> In some ways this is a question specifically for Michael Kay, 
> but I am posting it here rather than sending it directly to 
> Michael because I think others may be interested in his 
> response, and I think others may have a different answer that 
> I would also like to hear.
> 
> On page 22 of the first edition of Michael's XSLT 
> Programmer's Reference, he states: "... The [XSL-FO] standard 
> is not yet stable, and the only products that implement it 
> are at a very early stage of development."  With a copyright 
> date of 2000, I assume that this statement was written in 
> late 1999 or early 2000.
> 
> Is this statement still true?  I found one implementation at 
> RenderX.com with a freely downloadable evaluation version 
> (and quite pricey commercial version at $5,000), but so far I 
> have not found others at the same level.
> 
> Thus I would appreciate hearing people's opinions on the 
> truth of Michael's above statement today and comments on 
> other implementations. I'm particularly interested in free 
> implementations because I'm a college professor and want to 
> develop some demonstrations and hopefully even an exercise 
> for my classes.
> 
> Thank you,
> Jesse Heines
> University of Massachusetts Lowell
> 
> 
> 
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