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<s1 title="Frequently Asked Questions">
- <p>The Fop faq has an own site. Please look here:
+ <s2 title="Introduction">
+ <p>
+ Here we have some answers to common questions about FOP. This only covers
+ general information about getting started with FOP and pointers to more
+ information.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ For up to date information or more details please visit the Fop FAQ site.
+ The site uses Jyve to provide an interactive FAQ:
<jump href="http://www.owal.co.uk:8090/asf/servlet/asf/screen/DisplayTopics/action/SetAll/project_id/18/faq_id/276">http://www.OWAL.co.uk:8090/</jump>
</p>
+ </s2>
+ <s2 title="Questions">
+ <ul>
+ <li><jump href="#q1">What is FOP?</jump></li>
+ <li><jump href="#q2">How does FOP interact with other Apache Projects?</jump></li>
+ <li><jump href="#q3">What is XSL (FO)?</jump></li>
+ <li><jump href="#q4">What can I do with FOP?</jump></li>
+ <li><jump href="#q5">How can I contribute?</jump></li>
+ <li><jump href="#q6">How do I author XSL documents?</jump></li>
+ <li><jump href="#q7">How can I see a demo?</jump></li>
+ </ul>
+ </s2>
+ <s2 title="Answers">
+ <s3 title="What is FOP">
+<anchor name="q1"></anchor>
+ <p>
+ FOP is a print formatter for XSL formatting objects.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ It can be used to render an XML file containing XSL formatting objects
+ into a page layout. The main target is PDF but other rendering targets
+ are supported, such as AWT, PCL, text and direct printing.
+ </p>
+ </s3>
+ <s3 title="How does FOP interact with other Apache Projects?">
+<anchor name="q2"></anchor>
+ <p>
+ FOP is distributed with <jump href="http://xml.apache.org/cocoon">Cocoon</jump> as a PDF serializer for XSL (FO) documents.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ <jump href="http://xml.apache.org/batik">Batik</jump> can be used with FOP to <jump href="http://xml.apache.org/batik/svgrasterizer.html">transcode an SVG image</jump> into a PDF document.
+ The mime type for PDF is "application/pdf".
+ </p>
+ </s3>
+ <s3 title="What is XSL (FO)">
+<anchor name="q3"></anchor>
+ <p>
+ </p>
+ </s3>
+ <s3 title="What can I do with FOP">
+<anchor name="q4"></anchor>
+ <p>
+ </p>
+ </s3>
+ <s3 title="How can I contribute">
+<anchor name="q5"></anchor>
+ <p>
+ </p>
+ </s3>
+ <s3 title="How do I author XSL documents">
+<anchor name="q6"></anchor>
+ <p>
+ </p>
+ </s3>
+ <s3 title="How can I see a demo">
+<anchor name="q7"></anchor>
+ <p>
+ There will be a Java Webstart demo sometime in the future.
+ </p>
+ </s3>
+ </s2>
+
</s1>