[xep-support] RenderX, Batik, SVG

[Alexander Peshkov]

Hello Brice,

Surely RenderX XEP is not supposed to be used as 'backend' for Batik.
But you can (and should :-) use XEP to achieve your goal. Simple
XSL-FO document below demonstrates how you can wrap SVG image into XSL-FO:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<fo:root xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format">
        <fo:layout-master-set>
                <fo:simple-page-master master-name="main">
                        <fo:region-body/>
                </fo:simple-page-master>
        </fo:layout-master-set>
        <fo:page-sequence master-reference="main">
                <fo:flow flow-name="xsl-region-body">
                    <fo:block>
                      <fo:external-graphic src="url('your_image.svg')"/>
                    </fo:block>
                </fo:flow>
        </fo:page-sequence>
</fo:root>

(you can use fo:instream-foreign-object element instead of
fo:external-graphic if you want to embed SVG content inside of XSL-FO.)

One possible approach to your task is to write dedicated XSLT
stylesheet that takes as an input SVG exported by Illustrator and
required data, "marry" them and produce XSL-FO that then rendered into
PDF by XEP. XEP can also use PDFs as vector images so you can save your
Illustrator documents as PDF if you wish.
Vector graphical formats supported by XEP described in its
documentation (http://xep.xattic.com/xep/doc/spec.html#Vector)

Hope this helps.

Best regards,
Alexander Peshkov                             mailto:peshkov at renderx.com
RenderX


RB> Greetings.

RB> I'm currently in the process of putting together a backend that will 
RB> take Illustrator CS created template documents, exported to SVG, then 
RB> married with data, to be output as a print-ready PDF. By print-ready, I 
RB> mean that this will go to a print shop, not so much a common printer 
RB> device. So, things like CMYK & Pantone spot colors are important to 
RB> preserve.

RB> I've landed at RenderX, because I'm using Batik, which uses Apache's FOP 
RB> backend to generate PDFs from SVG. However, Apache's FOP doesn't handle 
RB> colors as well as RenderX supposedly does, so I'm here.

RB> Now - my question to the list is quite simple: can I use RenderX as a 
RB> backend to Batik? If not, or if the process would be excessively 
RB> complex, can (should?) I use RenderX directly to generate a PDF from 
RB> SVG? If so, I'm guessing I'll need to wrap a bit of XML/XSL-FO around my 
RB> SVG. Without getting too deep into XSL-FO, what would be the 
RB> base-minimum amount of markup I would need to be able to start testing 
RB> the RenderX trial version?

RB> What type of documentation is out there for using the more advanced 
RB> color extensions for RenderX? Does RenderX only support CMYK, or is 
RB> there a way of generating a PDF with spot-color information?! If this 
RB> latter point is not possible, what options am I left with to generate a 
RB> press-ready PDF?

RB> TIA!
RB> Brice Ruth
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