[thelist] XML book question

[Marcus Andersson]

Diane Soini wrote:

> Does anybody know, if you create a book with XML, what happens next? 
> What is used to translate the markup to presentation before it is sent 
> to print?
> Diane
> ***
> Don't be afraid to try something new. An amateur built the ark. 
> Professionals built the Titanic. -unknown
> 
You want to use XSLT to transform the XML into something called XSL-FO (formatting objects). The resulting 
document (in XSL-FO) is then fed into a processor that transforms it into TeX or PDF or whatever.

/Marcus