XSL-FO output
XSL-FO in <fo: flow> element defined within output.
XSL-FO page (Page), flow (Flow) and a block (Block)
Content "block" will "flow" into the "page", and then output to the media.
XSL-FO output is usually nested within <fo: block> element inside, <fo: block> nested <fo: flow> element inside, <fo: flow> nested <fo: page-sequence> element within :
<fo:page-sequence>
<fo:flow flow-name="xsl-region-body">
<fo:block>
<!-- Output goes here -->
</fo:block>
</fo:flow>
</fo:page-sequence>
<fo:flow flow-name="xsl-region-body">
<fo:block>
<!-- Output goes here -->
</fo:block>
</fo:flow>
</fo:page-sequence>
XSL-FO instances
Now let's look at a real XSL-FO instances:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<fo:root xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format">
<fo:layout-master-set>
<fo:simple-page-master master-name="A4">
<fo:region-body />
</fo:simple-page-master>
</fo:layout-master-set>
<fo:page-sequence master-reference="A4">
<fo:flow flow-name="xsl-region-body">
<fo:block>Hello W3CSchool</fo:block>
</fo:flow>
</fo:page-sequence>
</fo:root>
<fo:root xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format">
<fo:layout-master-set>
<fo:simple-page-master master-name="A4">
<fo:region-body />
</fo:simple-page-master>
</fo:layout-master-set>
<fo:page-sequence master-reference="A4">
<fo:flow flow-name="xsl-region-body">
<fo:block>Hello W3CSchool</fo:block>
</fo:flow>
</fo:page-sequence>
</fo:root>
The output of the code above is as follows:
Hello W3CSchool