A XML based markup language that defines how the embedded information should be formatted for viewing or printing. XSL-FO is very similar to TeX, which was a very popular language 15 years ago for writing well formatted scientific documents.

This section contains several examples about XML, DTD, Schema, XSL, XSF-FO etc.

XSL-FO output goes into blocks. XSL-FO output is normally nested inside <fo:block> elements, nested inside elements, nested inside elements:

Since XSL-FO files are written in XML, all statements are organized into an XML tree structure.

XSL-FO and XSLT can help each other.

"block": An XSL-FO element serving as an action statement to generate one block area by working through the enclosed content.