3. Conformance statement

3. Conformance statement
	Chapter 5. Support of the XSL-FO v1.0 standard

The W3C Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL) v1.0 Recommendation defines three levels of conformance for an XSL-FO processor: basic, extended and complete. Since XMLmind XSL-FO Converter currently does not conform to any of these levels, this document provides a complete list of supported objects/properties, along with additional information for objects/properties that are not fully supported.

In the following tables, the background color (white, light green or green) of each entry in the tables below indicates the level of conformance (basic, extended or complete) of that particular object/property, as specified by the Recommendation.

Table 5.1. XSL-FO objects

Object	Supported	Comments
Declarations and Pagination and Layout Formatting Objects
root	yes
declarations	no
color-profile	no
page-sequence	yes
layout-master-set	yes
page-sequence-master	yes
single-page-master-reference	yes
repeatable-page-master-reference	yes
repeatable-page-master-alternatives	yes
conditional-page-master-reference	yes	Limited support. See Section 4.11, “Multiple page layouts” for further information.
simple-page-master	yes
region-body	yes
region-before	yes
region-after	yes
region-start	no	Output format limitation.
region-end	no	Output format limitation.
flow	yes
static-content	yes	Supported regions: body, before and after.
title	no
Block-level Formatting Objects
block	yes	Not supported inside inline-level objects (output format limitation).
block-container	limited	May be used with attribute `reference-orientation` to temporarily switch the page orientation from portrait to landscape or to rotate the content of a `table-cell`. Otherwise, ignored.
Inline-level Formatting Objects
bidi-override	no
character	no
initial-property-set	no
external-graphic	yes	Supported image formats: WMF, EMF, BMP (.NET version and Java™ 1.5+), TIFF (.NET version and Java™ with `jai_imageio.jar` in the `CLASSPATH`) GIF, JPEG and PNG. Optionally the Java™ (v1.5+) version also supports SVG and MathML.
instream-foreign-object	yes	The XML content of a `fo:instream-foreign-object` element is passed to the proper `GraphicFactory`. For this to work, the `fo:instream-foreign-object` element must have a `content-type` attribute containing a media type supported by a registered `GraphicFactory`. Note that `content-type` ``sniffing'' is implemented only for SVG and MathML and that `content-type` attributes starting with "`namespace-prefix:`" are completely ignored.
inline	yes	Cannot contain block-level objects (output format limitation).
inline-container	no
leader	yes	Limited support (most properties ignored). See Section 4.3, “Leaders” for further information.
page-number	yes
page-number-citation	yes
Formatting Objects for Tables
table-and-caption	yes	Not supported inside inline-level objects (output format limitation).
table	yes
table-column	yes
table-caption	yes
table-header	yes
table-footer	yes
table-body	yes
table-row	yes
table-cell	yes
Formatting Objects for Lists
list-block	yes	Not supported inside inline-level objects (output format limitation).
list-item	yes
list-item-body	yes
list-item-label	yes	Multiple block-level descendants not supported.
Link and Multi Formatting Objects
basic-link	yes	Can only contain text and inline-level objects.
multi-switch	no
multi-case	no
multi-toggle	no
multi-properties	no
multi-property-set	no
Out-of-line Formatting Objects
float	no
footnote	yes
footnote-body	yes
Other Formatting Objects
wrapper	yes
marker	no
retrieve-marker	no

Table 5.2. XSL-FO properties

Property	Supported	Comments
Common Accessibility Properties
source-document	no
role	no	Supported on `fo:external-graphic` and `fo:instream-foreign-object`.
Common Absolute Position Properties
absolute-position	no
top	no
right	no
bottom	no
top	no
Common Aural Properties
azimuth	n/a
cue-after	n/a
cue-before	n/a
elevation	n/a
pause-after	n/a
pause-before	n/a
pitch	n/a
pitch-range	n/a
play-during	n/a
richness	n/a
speak	n/a
speak-header	n/a
speak-numeral	n/a
speak-punctuation	n/a
speech-rate	n/a
stress	n/a
voice-family	n/a
volume	n/a
Common Border, Padding and Background Properties
background-attachment	no
background-color	yes
background-image	no	May be used to add a watermark to the generated document. See Section 4.12, “Adding a watermark to the generated document”.
background-repeat	no
background-position-horizontal	no	May be used to add a watermark to the generated document. See Section 4.12, “Adding a watermark to the generated document”.
background-position-vertical	no
border-before-color	yes	Not supported on block-level objects that contain other block-level objects (output format limitation). Not supported on `inline` objects that contain other objects (output format limitation).
border-before-style	yes
border-before-width	yes
border-after-color	yes
border-after-style	yes
border-after-width	yes
border-start-color	yes
border-start-style	yes
border-start-width	yes
border-end-color	yes
border-end-style	yes
border-end-width	yes
border-top-color	yes	Not supported on block-level objects that contain other block-level objects (output format limitation). Not supported on `inline` objects that contain other objects (output format limitation). ODT output format: borders and padding around a text span are not supported by OpenOffice and by old versions (< v5) of LibreOffice.
border-top-style	yes
border-top-width	yes
border-bottom-color	yes
border-bottom-style	yes
border-bottom-width	yes
border-left-color	yes
border-left-style	yes
border-left-width	yes
border-right-color	yes
border-right-style	yes
border-right-width	yes
padding-before	yes	Not supported on block-level objects that contain other block-level objects (output format limitation). Not supported together with `border--style="none"` or `border--style="hidden"` (output format limitation).
padding-after	yes
padding-start	yes
padding-end	yes
padding-top	yes	Not supported on block-level objects that contain other block-level objects (output format limitation). Not supported together with `border--style="none"` or `border--style="hidden"` (output format limitation).
padding-bottom	yes
padding-left	yes
padding-right	yes
Common Font Properties
font-family	yes
font-selection-strategy	no
font-size	yes
font-stretch	no
font-size-adjust	no
font-style	yes	Value `backslant` not supported (output format limitation).
font-variant	yes
font-weight	yes
Common Hyphenation Properties
country	yes	See language below.
language	yes	For attribute `language` and, optionally, attribute `country` (or equivalently, `xml:lang`) to be considered to generate information for use by the word processor, attribute `language` (or equivalently, `xml:lang`) must be specified at least on the `fo:root` element. More information in Section 4.6, “Adding language information to the documents created by XFC”.
script	no
hyphenate	no
hyphenation-character	no
hyphenation-push-character-count	no
hyphenation-remain-character-count	no
Common Margin Properties - Block
margin-top	yes	Percentages and value `auto` not supported.
margin-bottom	yes
margin-left	yes
margin-right	yes
space-before	yes	Conditionality not supported.
space-after	yes	Conditionality not supported.
start-indent	yes	Percentages not supported.
end-indent	yes	Percentages not supported.
Common Margin Properties - Inline
space-end	no
space-start	no
Common Relative Position Properties
relative-position	no
Area Alignment Properties
alignment-adjust	no
alignment-baseline	no	Values `middle`, `before-edge` and `after-edge` supported on `fo:external-graphic` and `fo:instream-foreign-object`.
baseline-shift	yes
display-align	no	Supported on `fo:table-cell`, `fo:external-graphic` and `fo:instream-foreign-object`.
dominant-baseline	no
relative-align	no
Area Dimension Properties
block-progression-dimension	no
content-height	yes	The following XSL-FO 1.1 property values: `scale-down-to-fit`, `scale-up-to-fit` are also supported.
content-width	yes	The following XSL-FO 1.1 property values: `scale-down-to-fit`, `scale-up-to-fit` are also supported.
height	no	Supported on `fo:table-row`, `fo:external-graphic` and `fo:instream-foreign-object`.
inline-progression-dimension	no
max-height	no
max-width	no
min-height	no
min-width	no
scaling	yes
scaling-method	no
width	no	Supported on `fo:table`, `fo:external-graphic` and `fo:instream-foreign-object`.
Block and Line-related Properties
hyphenation-keep	no
hyphenation-ladder-count	no
last-line-end-indent	no	Output format limitation.
line-height	yes	Value type `space` not supported.
line-height-shift-adjustment	no
line-stacking-strategy	no
linefeed-treatment	yes
text-align	yes	Values `inside` and `outside` and value type `string` not supported.
text-align-last	no	Output format limitation.
text-indent	yes	Percentages not supported.
white-space-collapse	yes
white-space-treatment	yes
wrap-option	no
Character Properties
character	no
letter-spacing	no
suppress-at-line-break	no
text-decoration	yes	In addition to the decoration type (`underline`, `overline`, `line-through`, etc), it's possible to specify the color, style (`solid`, `double`, `dotted`, `dashed`, `wavy`) and thickness of the text decoration. See Section 4.14, “Non-standard extension of XSL-FO property `text-decoration`”.
text-shadow	no
text-transform	no
treat-as-word-space	no
word-spacing	no
Color-related Properties
color	yes
color-profile-name	no
rendering-intent	no
Float-related Properties
clear	no
float	no
intrusion-displace	no
Keeps and Breaks Properties
break-after	yes
break-before	yes
keep-together	yes	Not supported on block-level objects that contain other block-level objects.
keep-with-next	yes	Not supported on block-level objects that contain other block-level objects.
keep-with-previous	no
orphans	yes	Remember that Window/Orphan control is turned on by default as the initial value of the orphans and widows properties is 2. Also note that for MS-Word, Window/Orphan control is an all or nothing option. Therefore if you set attribute orphans or attribute widows to 1, Window and Orphan control will be turned off. If, on the contrary, you set attribute orphans or attribute widows to any value greater or equal than 2, Window and Orphan control will be turned on. Unlike MS-Word, OpenOffice/LibreOffice fully supports the orphans and widows properties.
widows	yes
Layout-related Properties
clip	no
overflow	no
reference-orientation	limited	May be used on `fo:block-container` to temporarily switch the page orientation from portrait to landscape or to rotate the content of a `table-cell`. Otherwise, ignored.
span	no
Leader and Rule Properties
leader-alignment	no
leader-pattern	yes	Value `use-content` not supported.
leader-pattern-width	no
leader-length	no
rule-style	yes	Supported values: `none`, `dotted` and `solid`.
rule-thickness	no
Properties for Dynamic Effects Formatting Objects
active-state	no
auto-restore	no
case-name	no
case-title	no
destination-placement-offset	no
external-destination	yes
indicate-destination	no
internal-destination	yes
show-destination	no
starting-state	no
switch-to	no
target-presentation-context	no
target-processing-context	no
target-stylesheet	no
Properties for Markers
marker-class-name	no
retrieve-class-name	no
retrieve-position	no
retrieve-boundary	no
Properties for Number to String Conversion
format	yes
grouping-separator	no
grouping-size	no
letter-value	no
Pagination and Layout Properties
blank-or-not-blank	no
column-count	yes
column-gap	yes
extent	no
flow-name	yes	Values `xsl-before-float-separator` and `xsl-footnote-separator` not supported.
force-page-count	no
initial-page-number	yes
master-name	yes
master-reference	yes
maximum-repeats	no
media-usage	no
odd-or-even	yes
page-height	yes
page-position	yes	Value `last` not supported.
page-width	yes
precedence	no
region-name	yes
Table Properties
border-after-precedence	no
border-before-precedence	no
border-collapse	yes	Value `collapse-with-precedence` not supported.
border-end-precedence	no
border-separation	yes
border-start-precedence	no
caption-side	yes	Values `start`, `end`, `left` and `right` not supported (output format limitation).
column-number	yes
column-width	yes
empty-cells	no
ends-row	yes
number-columns-repeated	yes
number-columns-spanned	yes
number-rows-spanned	yes
starts-row	yes
table-layout	yes
table-omit-footer-at-break	no
table-omit-header-at-break	no
Writing-mode-related Properties
direction	no	Value `ltr` assumed.
glyph-orientation-horizontal	no
glyph-orientation-vertical	no
text-altitude	no
text-depth	no
unicode-bidi	no
writing-mode	no	Value `lr-tb` assumed.
Miscellaneous Properties
content-type	yes
id	yes
provisional-label-separation	yes
provisional-distance-between-starts	yes
ref-id	yes
score-spaces	no
src	yes
visibility	no
z-index	no
Shorthand Properties
background	no	Background color specification supported.
background-position	no
border	yes	See restrictions on individual properties.
border-bottom	yes
border-left	yes
border-right	yes
border-top	yes
border-color	yes
border-style	yes
border-width	yes
border-spacing	yes
cue	n/a
font	yes
margin	yes	See restrictions on individual properties.
padding	yes	See restrictions on individual properties.
page-break-after	yes	See restrictions on individual properties.
page-break-before	yes
page-break-inside	yes
pause	n/a
position	no
size	no	Value type `length` supported.
vertical-align	no
white-space	yes
xml:lang	yes	Shorthand for language and country.


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