Real World XML

Creating Lists

Besides tables, an XSL construct that is very close to the corresponding construct in HTML are lists. An XSL list presents a vertical arrangement of items, just as in HTML. You use four formatting objects to construct lists:

• fo:list-block

• fo:list-item

• fo:list-item-label

• fo:list-item-body

You enclose the whole list in a fo:list-block object and enclose each item in the list in a fo:list-item object. To create a label for the list item, you use a fo:list-item-label object; to insert the actual data for each list item, you use a fo:list-item-body object.

Here's an example creating a numbered list with three list items: Tic, Tac, and Toe:

Listing . ch14_10.fo

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <fo:root xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format"> ...