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XSL-FO Chef's Tools Exhibition

Abstract

A technical exhibition of XSL-FO tools - highlighting the variety of XSL-FO tools available, and the strengths of each.

One representative for each FO product or product group will: 1) provide information about their product(s) according to a questionnaire 2) provide a sample instance, which will be shared with all other participants 3) endeavor to render the sample instance as best they can 4) render a few sample instances provided by the Exhibition organizers 5) render the sample instances provided by each of the participants 6) disclose what extensions, if any, they use in doing the above 7) participate in the Exhibition on December 10.

At the Exhibition the organizer will display selected formatted documents, discuss the similarities and differences among the products, and ask the participants to answer questions from the audience.

Keywords

»XSL-FO.

1. Town Hall Meeting

Since this was a Town Hall meeting, it was not possible to prepare a paper for the proceedings.

Biography

B. Tommie Usdin is President of Mulberry Technologies, Inc., a consultancy specializing in XML and SGML. Ms. Usdin has been working with SGML since 1985 and has been a supporter of XML since 1996. She chairs IDEAlliance's Extreme Markup Language conferences and was co-editor of "Markup Languages: Theory & Practice" published by the MIT Press. Ms. Usdin has developed DTDs, Schemas, and XML/SGML application frameworks for applications in government and industry. Projects includ reference materials in medicine, science, engineering, and law; semiconductor documentation; historical and archival materials. Distribution formats have included print books and journals, and both web-based and media based electronic publications