Re: [docbook-apps] is docbook the right tool for the job?

["Nikolai Grigoriev" <grig@renderx.com>]

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