Re: [docbook-apps] does anyone know anything about XPS?

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Chris Chiasson <>
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2006-11-01T07:08:25+00:00
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Re: [docbook-apps] does anyone know anything about XPS?
they ought to put the spec in DocBook

On 11/1/06, Bob Stayton <> wrote:
> XPS is a direct competitor to PDF, or, as some call it, a PDF killer.
> Editorial comment withheld.
>
> Since it is a page description language, it would be up to the XSL-FO
> engine to generate it from the FO, as an alternative to PDF or PostScript.
>
> If you want to read the XPS spec, you can download it from Microsoft's
> site, but the spec is in XPS, so you will need to also download Microsoft's
> XPS reader as well.  Another editorial comment withheld.
>
> Bob Stayton
> Sagehill Enterprises
> DocBook Consulting
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> > ... the XML paper specification from Microsoft
> >
> > do you think it is a rendering target for fo (i.e. fo -> xps )
> >
> > or is it more a competitor to / parallel to fo?
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