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"Max Dunn" <maxdunn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Nowhere did I (or would I) say that SVG fills any of the roles that > FO fills (pagination-related, flow-related...). However, it could very well happen: SVG 1.2/2.0 requirements: http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG2Reqs/ - SVG may provide a page description model, allowing page breaks to be defined in SVG content. - SVG 1.2 should allow word wrapping and forced line breaks for text within multiple rectangles > I think the future is multiple XML namespaces inline. The main role for > SVG to me would be SVG in FO, SVG in XHTML, etc. Generated from the XML > via XSLT, of course. [a bit off-topic but I can't help mentioning it] This will not happen without a standard description of how different pieces of software (which each understand one namespace) can fit together to produce the final rendering of the document. A bit like plug-ins currently do, but with much more interactions between components. There is a W3C requirements documents for such an architecture, but no working group has been formed yet. > Does FO somehow obviate the need for PDF in your world? I always thought > FO->PDF is just fine, though FO->SVG(plus the three or so features it > would need to replace PDF) might be better. Yes, that would make things like fo:multi-switch implementable. But who needs them? ;-) MaxF. PS. just resubscribed to the list, sorry if I repeated earlier points in this thread. XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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