Re: [xsl] page-number-citation

["G. Ken Holman" <gkholman at CraneSoftwrights dot com>]

At 2002-01-29 14:53 +0000, DPawson@rnib.org.uk wrote:
>Would someone confirm please, its not possible
>to generate an index of the form
>
><fo:block> index entry <fo:page-number-citation ref-id="abd"/>,
>         <fo:page-number-citation ref-id="abd"/>
></fo:block>
>
>Such that repeated page-numbers are not duplicated?

Yes, this is not possible in XSLFO 1.0.

>I have a number of 'entries' per page, and the generated index
>looks ..... not nice.

I'm working on indexing my electronic publications, and my methodology is 
becoming fairly extensive (which is why it isn't completed yet):

   (1) - format printable XML markup in the PDF where attribute
         the visible markup of attributes includes the formatted
         page numbers ... e.g.:
           &lt;entry page="<page-number-citation ref-id="abd"/>"&gt;...
   (2) - extract the text from the PDF of the index as a well-
         formed XML document ... e.g.:
           <entry page="12">...
   (3) - run a stylesheet that interprets the page numbers and
         does the reduction of the page ranges, including sorting,
         index levels, etc.
   (4) - format the page ranges into the formatted index
   (5) - delete the XML index from the PDF
   (6) - append the formatted index to the PDF

I've determined from my tests that the above methodology works ... it is 
just a matter of finding the time to do it all in my publishing environment.

I plan to include the methodology as an annex in a future edition of the 
XSLFO book.

I hope this helps.

.......................... Ken


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