Re: [RT] Towards a new/another Forms Framework

[Jeremy Quinn]

On Wednesday, April 2, 2003, at 02:50 PM, Geissel, Adrian wrote:

I've been watching this thread for a while now, and as a regular Cocoon
power-user, I am keen to see a good forms framework.
Me too ...

One major issue I see .... maybe getting in the way of the discussion 
....

An ideal forms framework is complicated by the fact that people need to 
do very different things ....

Here are examples of two obvious uses, and how they can differ:

	Editing 'business' data

                'forms' contain simple data types that need validating as data-types
                often require JavaBean etc. object mapping with business logic
                often require RDBMS etc. mapping for persistence
	Editing XML Content

                'forms' contain a mixture of simple data types and markup
                often need wysiwyg editing for the markup
                might need to transform form data from one MU language to another
                need to validate XML fragments
                need to roundtrip XML fragments between editor and server
                need to modify XML 'documents' on the server
IMHO, it is the differences between these typical needs, that is 
causing some of the misunderstandings between people who are currently 
discussing form frameworks.

hope this helps

regards Jeremy