GSoC 2009 Implementing XPS support by vipx

SYNOPSIS

My project aims at improving the import and export features in Scribus by implementing XML Paper Specification(XPS) support. After this project is completed Scribus will be capable of handling Microsoft's latest XPS document format files in both inbound and outbound of the document conversion and rendering engine.

OVERVIEW

XPS Documents maintain a consistent appearance for documents—despite environmental variables—through the use of a fixed page layout and new technologies such as Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), the Windows Colour System, the Open Packaging Conventions, the XPS print path, and XPS Viewer. Essentially, XPS-based technologies allow an author to be much more certain that the next person to view or print their document will see it exactly as the author intended. XPS document format consists of structured XML markup that defines the layout of a document and the visual appearance of each page, along with rendering rules for distributing, archiving, rendering, processing and printing the documents and allowing it to incorporate vector-graphic elements in documents. The ability to import XPS files, allows users to easily extract data from any report generated by Windows applications. The XML Paper Specification(XPS) describes electronic paper in a way that can be read by hardware, read by software, and read by people.

DELIVERABLES

Adding support to Scribus for Handling XPS documents.

XPS export feature to Scribus to outbount files with extension .xps.

XPS import feature to Scribus to inbount files with extension .xps.

PROJECT SCHEDULE

April 21, 2009 Start of the project. Discussions with mentor to make the ideas clear. Detailed study of source code. And collecting necessary components for the completion of the project.

June 25, 2009 I will complete the XPS exporting and also start revising these features for fixing any possible bugs after discussion with the mentor.

August 17, 2009 I will complete the XPS importing and thus the whole project will be completed and submit for final evaluations.

ABOUT ME

First Name  : Vipin

Name  : Vipin Vichattu Johney

Email Id  : vipin.johney@gmail.com

IRC nick  : vipx

Location  : Kerala, India

Time zone  : GMT + 5:30

Education :‭ ‬Computer Science Engineering

I am Vipin Vichattu Johney and currently a second year (4th semester) student for B.Tech at Govt. Engineering College, Trichur, Kerala, India. I have been coding C++ for the last 5 years and coding C and Basic for the last 2 years.

I have been participating in many programing contests. I have done many projects in C++ and C. I know basics of SQL and Python programming languages. I am an active member of Free Software Users Group, Thrissur http://fsugtsr.org. I have started reading the source code of Scribus.