Uttered "Paul W. Frields" <stickster(a)gmail.com>, spake thus:
Great idea -- I don't have FOP, but this is defined behavior in
the
DocBook standards (as opposed to any cleverness on my part -- I just
read it in DocBook:TDG!), so I'll be very surprised if it doesn't
deliver as promised.
DocBook is so complicated that most renderers don't implement the
full behavior; their goal is full support, but non-commercial tools
often do the "useful" parts first and then fill in the neat stuff.
Better to be safe than President.
Cheers