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| author | Keiron Liddle <keiron@apache.org> | 2002-11-04 16:20:53 +0000 |
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| committer | Keiron Liddle <keiron@apache.org> | 2002-11-04 16:20:53 +0000 |
| commit | 3a02751a91cb55ce220757456c98ae91db1a8935 (patch) | |
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updated docs for forrest
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diff --git a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/index.xml b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/index.xml index 4c10c9510..6e2a6f72d 100644 --- a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/index.xml +++ b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/index.xml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> - <!DOCTYPE document PUBLIC "-//APACHE//DTD Documentation V1.1//EN" "document-v11.dtd"> +<!DOCTYPE document PUBLIC "-//APACHE//DTD Documentation V1.1//EN" "document-v11.dtd"> <document> <header> <title>FOP</title> @@ -7,8 +7,74 @@ <body> <section> <title>Introduction</title> - <p> - </p> + <p>FOP (Formatting Objects Processor) is the world's first print formatter driven by XSL formatting + objects and the world's first output independent formatter. It is a + Java application that reads a formatting object tree and then + renders the resulting pages to a specified output. <link href="output.html">Output formats</link> + currently supported are PDF, PCL, PS, SVG, XML (area tree representation), + Print, AWT, MIF and TXT. + The primary output target is PDF. + </p> + <figure width="480" height="260" src="images/document.jpg" alt="Render Diagram" /> + <p>The latest version of Fop is 0.20.4 and it supports the + <link href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-xsl-20011015/">XSL-FO Version 1.0 + W3C Recommendation</link>. + You can <link href="download.html">download</link> + Fop including a precompiled version, the source code and many example files to + get you started. Pointers to introductions into xsl:fo can be found in the + <link href="resources.html">resources</link> section. Please be aware, that + Fop is at the moment not a full implementation of the basic conformance level + of the xsl:fo standard. You can find a list of supported flow objects and properties + in the section <link href="implemented.html">Features</link> and in section + <link href="limitations.html">Limitations</link> in what way this support is + limited. + </p> + <p>FOP is part of Apache's XML project. The homepage of FOP is + <link href="http://xml.apache.org/fop">http://xml.apache.org/fop</link>. + Here you can find information about using and developing with FOP. + </p> + <p>Users can subscribe to fop-user@xml.apache.org by sending an email + to <link href="mailto:fop-user-subscribe@xml.apache.org">fop-user-subscribe@xml.apache.org</link> + this is where user specific topics are discussed. + </p> </section> + + <section> + <title>Formatting</title> + <figure width="480" height="260" src="images/layout.jpg" alt="Formatting Diagram" /> +<p> +This image is a demonstration of a two page document. The xml data on the left +is formatted into the two pages on the right. The document contains static areasthat appear on every page, an external graphic in this case an svg document. +There is a footnote on the first page and a table that goes across both pages. +</p> +<p> +The advantage of XSL is the ability to take an XML document and to format +the information into a page layout. The XML document can be generated +in any way, the most common would be to use XSLT. FOP takes the XML +and formats the data into pages. The pages are then rendered to the +requested output. +</p> +<p> +This is a real document. The image was created by rendering the document +to the svg renderer then putting the rendered pages into an svg document +along with the xml. +</p> + </section> + <section> + <title>FOP Objectives</title> + <p>The goals of the Apache XML FOP Project are to deliver an XSL FO->PDF formatter that is compliant to at least the Basic + conformance level described in the W3C Recommendation from 15 October 2001, and that complies with the 11 March 1999 Portable Document + Format Specification (Version 1.3) from Adobe Systems. + </p> + + <p>Conformance to the XML 1.0 Recommendation, XSLT 1.0 Recommendation and the XML Namespaces Recommendation is + understood. Other relevant documents, such as the XPath and XLink Working Drafts, are referenced as necessary. The FOP + Project will attempt to use the latest version of evolving specifications. + </p> + + <p>To reach this aim currently the layout system is being redesigned to +better handle the formatting of all different types of formatting objects. + </p> + </section> </body> </document> |