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1.5 talks at XML Prague 2010

Friday, January 8th, 2010

Inasmuch as I was fortunate to again be selected to present or co-present two talks, I will be at XML Prague again this year. Going to a technical XML conference, in Prague, in the Spring, again, will be good; presenting the same number of talks as last year is just a bonus.

The talks are:

  • Arrow to Octopus: What XSL 2.0 means for implementers and users — Discusses the changes that will have to take place under the hood of any XSL formatter that supports XSL 2.0 and what those additional capabilities can bring to your stylesheets.
  • Real time, all the time, ragtime XML — An update on the capabilities of Xcruciate.

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Reading JIS X 4051 online

Thursday, November 12th, 2009

Inasmuch as the “Requirements for Japanese Text Layout” Note refers (and defers) a lot to JIS X 4051, “Formatting Rules for Japanese documents”,  it is helpful to also read it (or, for some of us at least, to look at the diagrams and puzzle through some of the text). You can buy the printed book from the Japanese Standards Association Web Store, or you can view (but not print) the PDF version within your browser.  Here’s how: (more…)

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Presentations page updated

Monday, October 5th, 2009

Inasmuch as I added both my XML-in-Practice 2009 talk on XSL FO 2.0 and my XML Prague 2009 talks and posters to the “Presentations” page at http://www.menteithconsulting.com/wiki/Presentations, it is now up to date. (more…)

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Survey: Where is XSL FO used?

Friday, August 21st, 2009

Inasmuch as my talk at XML-in-Practice 2009 in September is “XSL FO 2.0: A Technical Overview”, I’ll be talking about the XSL FO 2.0 Requirements document and the work towards XSL FO 2.0 done to date, but I also want to highlight what can be done with XSL 1.1 and what is being achieved today.

So I would like to know how you are using XSL FO. (more…)

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I get a tick out of U

Tuesday, August 4th, 2009

Inasmuch as I couldn’t get a ✓, tick, check, ✓, ✓, U+2713, CHECK MARK, call it what you will, into PDF on Ubuntu 8.04 with Antenna House V5, I had to find a font with it and tell the formatter where to find the font. (more…)

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Designing Japanese documents

Thursday, July 23rd, 2009

Inasmuch as the W3C Japanese Language Task Force’s “Requirements for Japanese Text Layout” Note was released last month, my article about it, “Designing Japanese documents“, is now available from tcworld magazine. (more…)

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XSL 2.0 at XML-in-Practice 2009

Monday, July 20th, 2009

Inasmuch as my proposal was accepted, I will be presenting about XSL 2.0 features and progress at XML-in-Practice 2009 on 30th September in Arlington, VA, USA.

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Sizing a graphic to the font size in XSL FO

Monday, March 16th, 2009

Making a poster about XSLT usage in xmlroff for XML Prague, the fun moment was replacing the uses of “xmlroff” with the xmlroff logo.

xmlroff-logo-font-size

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XSL 2.0 Requirements and survey

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

The W3C XSL FO subgroup is working towards XSL-FO 2.0. The first public working draft of the XSL-FO 2.0 Requirements document was published at http://www.w3.org/TR/xslfo20-req/ back in March. The best way for the Requirements document, and an eventual XSL-FO 2.0, to reflect peoples’ needs is for people to read the document and provide feedback.

Two of the best ways for you to provide feedback about XSL-FO and the requirements for XSL-FO 2.0 are:

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XSL FO 2.0 Workshop 2006

Tuesday, August 29th, 2006

The call for participation for the XSL FO 2.0 Workshop in Heidelberg, Germany on 18th October, 2006, is at http://www.w3.org/Style/XSL/2006-Workshop/. Now to find the justification (for the sake of the organisers) and the cheap hotel (for my own sake) necessary for me to get there!

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