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ISO/IEC TR 24754-2 1st Edition, October 15, 2011 Information technology - Document description and processing languages - Minimum requirements for specifying document rendering systems - Part 2: Formatting specifications for document rendering systems
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Description / Abstract:
This part of ISO/IEC 24754 provides guidelines in the writing of
formatting specifications targeted for document rendering systems
supporting functionality described by ISO/IEC 24754-1. There is no
scope of conformance constraints against which the use of these
guidelines are measured. Possible user requirements for publishing
layouts are unbounded. It is the user's obligation to describe
their formatting requirements to be fulfilled by a developer or a
compositor using a document rendering system. Using incomplete
formatting specifications can delay achieving the desired rendered
result.
This part of ISO/IEC 24754 is a specification of questions for
the writer of a formatting specification. It is assumed that the
writer of a formatting specification is unaware of the needs of the
stylesheet writer in meeting the needs of the specification writer.
For a writer aware of such needs, this part of ISO/IEC 24754 is a
useful checklist of the issues to be considered.
This part of ISO/IEC 24754 outlines various considerations users
should assess when analysing their rendering expectations.
Properties described by this part of ISO/IEC 24754 should be
specified in sufficient detail such that a developer or compositor
has the information required to engage the necessary facilities in
the document rendering system.
This part of ISO/IEC 24754 does not presume any particular
stylesheet language with which to specify layout and formatting
properties. Various stylesheet languages support different degrees
of functionality described herein. Not all languages can assume to
offer control over the properties described by this part of ISO/IEC
24754, yet it behoves the user to specify as much detail as
possible so as to equip the developer or compositor for their task.
By knowing as many nuances of layout as desired, there are more
strategies available with which to accomplish a layout as close as
possible to the requirements.
Many components of this part of ISO/IEC 24754 are presented to
the reader as questions in the first person, so as to ask the
reader to reflect on their requirements when answering the
question.