Inasmuch as software has moved on since 2008 when I wrote about When Ant is subsidiary to <oXygen/>, I now run XSpec from <oXygen/> using the Ant bundled with recent <oXygen/>. Read the rest of this entry »
XSpec, Ant, and <oXygen/>
February 2nd, 20101.5 talks at XML Prague 2010
January 8th, 2010Inasmuch as I was fortunate to again be selected to present or co-present two talks, I will be at XML Prague again this year. Going to a technical XML conference, in Prague, in the Spring, again, will be good; presenting the same number of talks as last year is just a bonus.
The talks are:
- Arrow to Octopus: What XSL 2.0 means for implementers and users — Discusses the changes that will have to take place under the hood of any XSL formatter that supports XSL 2.0 and what those additional capabilities can bring to your stylesheets.
- Real time, all the time, ragtime XML — An update on the capabilities of Xcruciate.
Reading JIS X 4051 online
November 12th, 2009Inasmuch as the “Requirements for Japanese Text Layout” Note refers (and defers) a lot to JIS X 4051, “Formatting Rules for Japanese documents”, it is helpful to also read it (or, for some of us at least, to look at the diagrams and puzzle through some of the text). You can buy the printed book from the Japanese Standards Association Web Store, or you can view (but not print) the PDF version within your browser. Here’s how: Read the rest of this entry »
Presentations page updated
October 5th, 2009Inasmuch as I added both my XML-in-Practice 2009 talk on XSL FO 2.0 and my XML Prague 2009 talks and posters to the “Presentations” page at http://www.menteithconsulting.com/wiki/Presentations, it is now up to date. Read the rest of this entry »
Survey: Where is XSL FO used?
August 21st, 2009Inasmuch as my talk at XML-in-Practice 2009 in September is “XSL FO 2.0: A Technical Overview”, I’ll be talking about the XSL FO 2.0 Requirements document and the work towards XSL FO 2.0 done to date, but I also want to highlight what can be done with XSL 1.1 and what is being achieved today.
So I would like to know how you are using XSL FO. Read the rest of this entry »
I get a tick out of U
August 4th, 2009Inasmuch as I couldn’t get a ✓, tick, check, ✓, ✓, U+2713, CHECK MARK, call it what you will, into PDF on Ubuntu 8.04 with Antenna House V5, I had to find a font with it and tell the formatter where to find the font. Read the rest of this entry »
Designing Japanese documents
July 23rd, 2009Inasmuch as the W3C Japanese Language Task Force’s “Requirements for Japanese Text Layout” Note was released last month, my article about it, “Designing Japanese documents“, is now available from tcworld magazine. Read the rest of this entry »
XSL 2.0 at XML-in-Practice 2009
July 20th, 2009Inasmuch as my proposal was accepted, I will be presenting about XSL 2.0 features and progress at XML-in-Practice 2009 on 30th September in Arlington, VA, USA.
Inasmuch as…
July 20th, 2009Inasmuch as I finally acquired the domain name, this walking shadow as now wandered over to http://inasmuch.as/. Read the rest of this entry »
XSpec
July 20th, 2009I forgot to mention that I’m also a member of the project for Jeni Tennison’s XSpec project at http://xspec.googlecode.com/, which is a Behavior Driven Development (BDD) framework for XSLT. Mind you, the few changes that I have made would only count as gilding the lily.