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The Dream Behind XSL-FO

• XML separates specification of format from content
  • XML will specify the content
    (list, product name, paragraph, surname)
  • XSL-FO will specify the layout, pagination, styles
• Goal: high-quality, high-volume, content-driven publishing
• • Batch processing on one file or many
  • Formatting is content-driven (from the XML tags)
• Definition of layout and styles
  • Not bound to any platform
  • Not proprietary to any software