To me FOP doesn't really belong. Its main purpose is not to create PDFs but to render XSL-FO to various formats. PDF just happens to be the main target format. I would say use their code to go in a new direction but I don't think FOP as it exists now would fit in to the spirit of a file format project.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Tetsuya Kitahata" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "POI Developers List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 9:06 PM Subject: Re: Top level project Gaining FOP and making poi/fop under the umbrella of formats.apache.org would be a smart idea. I know there are *A LOT* concerns about PDF, XML, Java, MS-****. >From a marketing point of view, I know there are many users who can not choose the right way to deal with the MS-**/PDF formats. Google is genius.. Sincerely, -- Tetsuya ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) --------------------------------------------------------------------- On Thu, 03 Jul 2003 16:29:04 -0400 (Subject: Top level project) "Andrew C. Oliver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > After talking with someone about something I've been thinking about a top > level project.... > > formats.apache.org for file formats. > > POI (and maybe TNEF) would be the first code base of course. I want POI to > keep a tight focus that�s what has let it succeed. However, there is a need > for other formats. > > There's of course some overlap with FOP, but I don't see that as a problem. > We're not XML-centric. The idea would be to give us a platform for allowing > other folks to contribute other formats. > > I can even see a general API emerging based on POI: > > 1. Archive -> abstract whether things are GZIPPED, ZIPPED or OLE2CDF'd > 2. Workbook -> abstract whether things are Excel, Lotus, OpenOffice, etc > 3. Document ... > > However, I'd rather see these things take place At Apache but Outside of > POI. Such that common APIs for similar file formats evolve. XML interfaces > can be created for FOP/others wherever it makes sense to do so... > > Thoughts? > > > -Andy > -- > Andrew C. Oliver > http://www.superlinksoftware.com/poi.jsp > Custom enhancements and Commercial Implementation for Jakarta POI > > http://jakarta.apache.org/poi > For Java and Excel, Got POI? > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------------------- Tetsuya Kitahata -- Terra-International, Inc. E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] : [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.terra-intl.com/ (Apache Jakarta Translation, Japanese) http://jakarta.terra-intl.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
