IEEEConferencePaper

This customization takes a DocBook article as input and generates fo that can be used to generate pdf for the IEEE's two-column, conference paper format.

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Date:    09 May 2011
Version: 1.2

This is a customization of the DocBook XSL Stylesheets that takes a DocBook article and converts it to a PDF file in IEEE conference proceedings style. It is released under the GNU General Public License (see LICENSE below).

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How to use

fo.xsl is a simple customization using the DocBook XSL stylesheets. If you use Linux, there's a reasonable chance that the fop.mk file will work with minor updates (e.g., the resolver directory for the catalogs).

The transform has been used with xep and fop. If you use xep, you will need to uncomment the xep.extensions parameter defined in fo.xsl or set that value to 1 from the command line.

Changes in 1.1

• Updated for DocBook 1.70.1 stylesheets

Changes in 1.2

• Tested with DocBook 1.76.1 stylesheets

• PDF made with XEP (I don't have fop installed on my system, so I couldn't test it this time around)
• The stylesheet customizations are unchanged from 1.1

To Do/Known Problems

The stylesheets are mostly complete, but not widely tested. Here are some known deficiencies:

• Stylesheet did not work correctly with DocBook 1.72.0 transforms, but it did work with 1.69.1 or 1.70.x, and also appears to work correctly with 1.76.1.

• Author processing needs to handle multiple authors better. Right now, it just lines them up vertically.
• The margins need some tweaking to be exactly correct.
• Footnotes could be handled better in fop; I'm not sure if that's a deficiency in fop or a problem in my customization. However, they work well wit XEP.
• Should be two lines between Abstract and next paragraph. This works with XEP, but may not be correct with fop.

If you discover problems, feel free to let me know. Or, if you fix a problem, please send me the fix and I'll fold it back in. I can't guarantee that I can fix any problems, but I'll do my best.

Richard Hamilton
dick <at> rlhamilton.net
9 May 2011

LICENSE

Copyright (C) 2007 Richard L. Hamilton

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.