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13. Where XSL-FO 1 falls short
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13.0 What is missing in XSL-FO 1?
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Important note: this section is conjecture on the part of the author and does not represent any official (or even unofficial) comments from the development committee.
Of course the designers of XSL-FO 1 could not put everything into the specification and ever consider their work "complete", but what is available is very useful
[[1] - measured amount of functionality to ensure successful implementation and deployment
 [1] - need real-world experience with first definition to ensure design principles are sound
 [1] - a number of features are already addressed in XSL-FO 1.1
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Indications are in XSL-FO 1 of more complex functionality to follow
[[1] - the <[simple-page-master]> construct name implies perhaps a more complete page geometry definition is planned for the future
 [1] - property set collections of only a single property
[[2] - if not planning for the future, why not just list the property instead of putting it alone in a set?
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Some important functionality needed by compositors is left to a future version
[[1] - page-related formatting requirements
 [1] - geometry-related formatting requirements
 [1] - alignment of areas
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Many vendors offer a wide range of extra features
[[1] - new nuance
 [1] - new functionality
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