XSL-FO tutorials for Beginners: XSL-FO documentation

A XSL-FO document is an XML file with output information. The XSL-FO document is an XML file with output information. They contain information about the output layout and output content. XSL-FO documents are stored in files suffixed with. fo or. fob. Take. xml

A XSL-FO document is an XML file with output information.

XSL-FO documentation

A XSL-FO document is an XML file with output information. They contain information about the output layout and output content.

XSL-FO documents are stored in files suffixed with. fo or. fob. It is also common for XSL-FO documents stored with. xml suffixes to make XSL-FO documents more accessible by the XML editor.

Structure of XSL-FO documentation

The document structure of the XSL-FO is similar to this:

Reference content is as follows:

Structure Description

The XSL-FO document is an XML document, because it also needs to start with XML declaration:

Reference content is as follows:

An element is the root element of the XSL-FO document. This root element also declares the namespace for the XSL-FO:

The element contains one or more page templates:

The element contains a single page template. Each template must have a unique name (master-name ):

One or more Elements can describe the content of the page. The master-reference attribute applies the same name to reference the ***-page-master template:

Note: the value of master-reference "A4" does not actually describe a predefined page pattern. It is just a name. You can apply any name, such as "MyPage" and "MyTemplate.