Formatting an XML Document
To see how XSL-FO can format XML data, I’ll use planets.xml:
Listing 11.1. planets.xml
<?xml version="1.0"?> <?xml-stylesheet type="text/xml" href="planets.xsl"?> <PLANETS> <PLANET COLOR="RED"> <NAME>Mercury</NAME> <MASS UNITS="(Earth = 1)">.0553</MASS> <DAY UNITS="days">58.65</DAY> <RADIUS UNITS="miles">1516</RADIUS> <DENSITY UNITS="(Earth = 1)">.983</DENSITY> <DISTANCE UNITS="million miles">43.4</DISTANCE><!--At perihelion--> </PLANET> <PLANET COLOR="WHITE"> <NAME>Venus</NAME> <MASS UNITS="(Earth = 1)">.815</MASS> <DAY UNITS="days">116.75</DAY> <RADIUS UNITS="miles">3716</RADIUS> <DENSITY UNITS="(Earth = 1)">.943</DENSITY> <DISTANCE UNITS="million miles">66.8</DISTANCE><!--At perihelion--> </PLANET> <PLANET COLOR="BLUE"> ... |
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