Formatting Objects Processor

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Apache FOP
Developed by Apache Software Foundation
Latest release 0.94 / August 24, 2007
Written in Java
OS Cross-platform
Genre XSL-FO
License Apache License 2.0
Website http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop

Formatting Objects Processor (FOP) is a Java application that converts XSL-FO files to PDF or other printable formats. 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.

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[edit] Current Status

The stable version of Apache FOP is 0.94. The code has undergone a substantial rewrite compared to the original 0.20.5 version that was the old stable version. The 0.94 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:

[edit] Output Formats

Apache FOP supports the following output formats:

In progress:

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