On 09/07/2008, at 11:00 PM, Svante Schubert wrote:
Jonathon Coombes wrote:
On 08/07/2008, at 6:40 PM, Svante Schubert wrote:
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Hi Svante,
I am glad to see that more development is happening with the
associated XML technologies here. I understand that much more
capabilities will be possible with the newer specifications and
better processor in Saxon. My main question is will these new
capabilities be implemented in the XForm part of OpenOffice.org?
My main interest is having not just the xform backend, but other
features such as the xforms:repeat capabilities and other more
advanced operations. Is this something that will be coming with
the new Saxon processor?
Hi Jonathon,
I am a big fan of XForms, but AFAIK for OOo 3.0 there will be no
update on the OOo XForms implementation.
Only the XSLT filter will profit from the new specifications.
But may I ask what you plan to use XForms for, what features you
desire in detail?
Aside of being curious, I would like to have some feedback and as
well some evidence/proof that it is worth to move resources from
other areas of OOo development to XForms.
It seems that I touched on a favourite topic of many people on the
list, unfortunately the time differences mean I am still going
through the emails and replying.
I appreciate that the XSLT is of primary importance, but I always
saw, and still see, a great deal of potential for XForms. My main
interest in XForms was in terms of interoperability and ease of use.
The ease of use was with people being able to simply define a form in
OpenOffice.org in a manner similar to constructing a standard letter
or invoice. However, the bigger advantage was with interoperability
with the hope of being able to export that XForm (preferrably via
webdav, but other techniques possible) and put it on a web server and
immediately be made available via browser to users accessing the form.
I think there is a great deal of potential in this area with having
the form bound to the xml data, but now with newer technologies like
cloud computing, the option of having a simple, standardised
interface to that data cloud (all xml based) is going to a be a must.
The option of OpenOffice.org leading the way in this charge is a
great opportunity and one I think should not be missed.
Regards
Jonathon
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