Creating A Job Source Library (Jsl); Decisions To Make Before Creating Your Jsl - Oce XDL Reference Manual

Creating a Job Source Library (JSL)

1.10 Creating a Job Source Library (JSL)
This section presents the following topics to use as a tool in guiding you through JSL cre-
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Decisions to make before creating your JSL

• Review of XDL components and syntax
• Helpful hints
• Steps in creating a JSL
• Compiling your JSL
• Printing the job
• Short explanations of some application-related issues:
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Keep in mind that many of the contents of this chapter are samples and suggestions of what
can be done with XDL to create your desired applications, that there is a multitude of other
possibilities and options available, and that detailed information on each topic is provided
in the other chapters of this manual.
1.11 Decisions to make before creating your JSL
Before starting to develop the JSL for your application, there are some key decisions you
must make, based on your site-specific needs and the design of the application.
Input data
In general, you should know this information about the input data before creating the JSL:
• The input source, such as the following:
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