
308 • XML & Related Technologies
As we can see, before and start do not have the same meaning in XSL-FO. To confuse things further, the
diagram applies to languages such as English, in which we write from top to bottom, left to right. When we
consider Hebrew or Arabic languages, which are written from right to left, the meanings of Start Region and
End Region; or those of Left Margin and Right Margin are reversed! That is, Start Region and Left Margin
are now End Region and Right Margin, respectively. The End Region and Right Margin are now Start Region
and Left Margin, respectively! If a language uses the convention of top to bottom only, all ...