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Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] is docbook the right tool for the job?
Hi, David Tolpin wrote: > Then, using XSLT transformations, convert the data to DocBook, > or any other format of choice. In case of database to PDF transformations, > DocBook is not necessarily the best intermediate format. While it saves > from learning XSL FO, it brings in significant limitations of a content > model specifically oriented at text documents, not data. > > A sequence of custom steps that transform the retrieved data into > XSL FO would do better. > > DBMS->XML->XSL FO->PDF To complement David's answer, I dare add one more piece between XML and PDF: DBMS -> XML -> XSL FO+SVG -> PDF Ability to generate graphics on the fly is a nice feature of XSLFO-based workflow; it can hardly be maintained when going through DocBook. Regards, Nikolai Grigoriev RenderX
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