XSL-FO Development
This is a highly practical training course for developers who need to use XSL Formatting Objects to produce sophisticated screen or print output from XML source data. The training course does not rely on any specific toolset. Both open source tools and XML Spy can be used for the delivery of this training course.
Objectives
- Be able to create XSL-FO documents
- Understand the XSL-FO document structure
- Understand and create pages and sequences of pages
- Work with areas and position areas
- Create tables of contents and indexes
Prerequisites
- A good understanding of XML technology, including namespaces, well formedness and valid XML
- A good grasp of XSLT processing, and the basic structure of an XSLT stylesheet
Contents
Introducing XSL-FO
- An XSL-Overview
- XPath, XSLT and XSL-FO
- The XSL-FO Processor
- Output from the Processor (PDF, Postscript, RTF)
- About Shorthand, Short Form and Inheritance
- The Structure of an XSL-FO Document
Basic Document Work
- About Pagination - Simple and Complex
- Working with Page Sequences
- Working with Areas
- Area Types, Area Components
- Area Positioning
- Block and Inline Elements
- Tables and Lists
- Working with Graphics and Color
- Character Properties and Fonts
More Advanced Document Work
- Cross Document Links
- Creating and Index
- Creating a Table of Contents
- Working with Headers
- Page Layout and Flow
- Stylesheet Considerations
