RE: XHTML to PDF

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Subject: RE: XHTML to PDF
From: Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 13:41:48 -0400

Sean,

At 10:47 AM 7/25/2003, you wrote:

In regards to the XHTML to PDF transformations and the responses received
from my original post:

...

My take-home message there
is that the methods are maturing to the point where the transformations
are now, at least, possible, but the HTML/XHTML variations mean that the
results of transforming to PDF are mixed at best.  The cost/benefit ratio
isn't where it needs to be.

Yes, exactly. Also, people's requirements for the PDF are so various that a generalized solution will also be difficult on that account.

A partial solution, however, would still be better than nothing. Really what we may need is a kind of toolkit or box of templates. This merges into the whole upconverting-from-HTML problem, which can be a bear. You may need a whole production pipeline, starting with HTML Tidy, and possibly allowing for some human editorial intervention (depending on what your HTML looks like coming in).

Cheers,
Wendell


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RE: XHTML to PDF, (continued)
- cknell - Thu, 24 Jul 2003 17:42:33 -0400 (EDT)
  - David Carlisle - Thu, 24 Jul 2003 18:49:00 -0400 (EDT)
    - Wendell Piez - Fri, 25 Jul 2003 13:04:28 -0400 (EDT)
- sharrison - Fri, 25 Jul 2003 10:48:55 -0400 (EDT)
  - Wendell Piez - Fri, 25 Jul 2003 13:57:03 -0400 (EDT) <=
  - Mike Haarman - Fri, 25 Jul 2003 14:01:59 -0400 (EDT)
    - Wendell Piez - Fri, 25 Jul 2003 14:54:14 -0400 (EDT)
- David . Pawson - Mon, 28 Jul 2003 03:38:45 -0400 (EDT)

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