At 2011-06-09 08:20 -0600, [email protected] wrote: >Is there a library for outputting PDF files from MarkLogic? I found >plenty of information about converting PDF to XML, but what about >the other way around?
The technology to use here is XSL-FO: http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/REC-xsl11-20061205/ Using either XQuery or XSLT you convert your XML into an instance of XSL-FO and then have an XSL-FO processor convert that into PDF. A free tool to use for experimentation is FOP: http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/ For professional results, the commercial tools I've used are: Antenna House - http://antennahouse.com/ RenderX XEP - http://www.renderx.com/ Ibex - http://xmlpdf.com/ To learn more about XSL-FO, I've published a book on the specification titled Practical Formatting Using XSL-FO. There is a free excerpt of the introductory chapters and introduction section of all other chapters in full text found here: http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/training/#excerpts I hope this helps. . . . . . . . . . . Ken -- Contact us for world-wide XML consulting & instructor-led training Crane Softwrights Ltd. http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/q/ G. Ken Holman mailto:[email protected] Legal business disclaimers: http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/legal _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://developer.marklogic.com/mailman/listinfo/general
