FOP

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Apache FOP

Developer:	Apache Software Foundation
Latest release:	0.93 / January 8, 2007
OS:	Cross-platform
Use:	XSL-FO
License:	Apache 2.0 Licence
Website:	http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop

For other uses, see FOP (disambiguation).

FOP (Formatting Objects Processor) is an XSL-FO processor written in Java, which provides the feature to convert XSL-FO files to PDF or direct-printable-files. FOP was originally developed by James Tauber who donated it to the Apache Software Foundation in 1999. It is part of the Apache XML Graphics project.

FOP is open source software, and is distributed under the Apache Software License.

1 Current Status
2 Input Support
3 Output Formats
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Current Status

The stable version of Apache FOP is 0.93. The code has undergone a substantial rewrite compared to the original 0.20.5 version that was the old stable version. The 0.93 is much more standards compliant.

[edit] Input Support

Apache FOP supports embedding a number of image formats in the XSL-FO (through the <fo:external-graphic> element). These include:

SVG
Bitmap BMP
PostScript (as EPS)
JPEG
Some TIFF formats.

[edit] Output Formats

Apache FOP supports the following output formats:

Direct printer output
PDF (best output support)
PostScript

[edit] See also

XSL-FO
XSL

[edit] External links

Apache FOP Project

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