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Sean,
At 10:47 AM 7/25/2003, you wrote:
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Yes, exactly. Also, people's requirements for the PDF are so various that a generalized solution will also be difficult on that account.
A partial solution, however, would still be better than nothing. Really what we may need is a kind of toolkit or box of templates. This merges into the whole upconverting-from-HTML problem, which can be a bear. You may need a whole production pipeline, starting with HTML Tidy, and possibly allowing for some human editorial intervention (depending on what your HTML looks like coming in).
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RE: [xsl] XHTML to PDF
Subject: RE: [xsl] XHTML to PDF From: Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 13:41:48 -0400 |
Sean,
At 10:47 AM 7/25/2003, you wrote:
In regards to the XHTML to PDF transformations and the responses received from my original post:
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My take-home message there is that the methods are maturing to the point where the transformations are now, at least, possible, but the HTML/XHTML variations mean that the results of transforming to PDF are mixed at best. The cost/benefit ratio isn't where it needs to be.
Yes, exactly. Also, people's requirements for the PDF are so various that a generalized solution will also be difficult on that account.
A partial solution, however, would still be better than nothing. Really what we may need is a kind of toolkit or box of templates. This merges into the whole upconverting-from-HTML problem, which can be a bear. You may need a whole production pipeline, starting with HTML Tidy, and possibly allowing for some human editorial intervention (depending on what your HTML looks like coming in).
Cheers, Wendell
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