scope:

This part of ISO/IEC24754 provides guidelines in the writing of formatting specifications targeted for document rendering systems supporting functionality described by [ISO/IEC 24754]. There is no scope of conformance constraints against which the use of these guidelines are measured. Possible user requirements for publishing layouts are unbounded. It is the user's obligation to describe their formatting requirements to be fulfilled by a developer or a compositor using a document rendering system. Using incomplete formatting specifications can delay achieving the desired rendered result. This Technical Report outlines various considerations users should assess when analyzing their rendering expectations. Properties described by this standard should be specified in sufficient detail such that a developer or compositor has the information required to engage the necessary facilities in the document rendering system. This Technical Report does not presume any particular stylesheet language with which to specify layout and formatting properties. Various stylesheet languages support different degrees of functionality described herein. Not all languages can assume to offer control over the properties described by this standard, yet it behooves the user to specify as much detail as possible so as to equip the developer or compositor for their task. By knowing as many nuances of layout as desired, there are more strategies available with which to accomplish a layout as close as possible to the requirements. Many components of this Technical Report are presented to the reader as questions in the first person, so as to ask the reader to reflect on their requirements when answering the question.