2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the placeholder tag specifies a location for report data, wherein the formatting attribute specifies formatting of report data, and wherein the transformation tag specifies a transformation to be performed on report data.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the placeholder tag specifies a location for report data, wherein the formatting attribute specifies formatting of report data, and wherein the transformation tag specifies a transformation to be performed on report data. 5. The method of claim 2 , wherein the formatting attribute is implicitly defined using formatting features of a word-processing application.