XML

Resume

My resume is written in XML source and converted to XSL-FP and PDF using XSLT and FOP engines from the Apache XML Project. XHTML, WML and RTF (using JFOR) output is also supported. Feel free to examine and use the Document Type Definition and style sheets. Other resume schemas are available at the XML Resume Library and the HR-XML Consortium.

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Copyright (c) 2007 Technicat, LLC

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JFOR

JFOR converts XSL-FO documents to RTF, much in the same way that Apache FOP converts XSL-FO documents to text and PDF. (In fact, JFOR is currently being integrated into Apache FOP)

As a Sourceforge developer, I contributed some improvements over the course of about six months so I could convert my XML resume and various DocBook articles to RTF, since many recruiters and publishers want Word documents (I have since concluded that PDF should be good enough for anyone - they can cut-and-paste, if they really want to use Word or text). The changes include:

Support for proportional-column-width for the table-column width attribute.
Support for em units.
Support for pc units.
Some support for expressions, e.g. "4in - -4pc".
Support for generic font families, e.g. "sans-serif".
Support for font family lists, e.g. "helvetica,sans-serif".
Fixed incompatibility with Cocoon 2.

The changes are checked into the Sourceforge repository, but the build there has not been updated recently, so you can use my unofficial jar file. The corresponding javadoc is available, too.

Note that the minimum Java version required is Java 2 version 1.3.

jfor Apache-Style Software License.


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If JFOR doesn't do it for you, there's a commercial FO-to-RTF converter available from XMLMind.