On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 2:48 PM, Bob Jolliffe <[email protected]> wrote:
> It seems to me we are missing a level of grouping. We need to group > dataelements which have similar dimensionality (presumably using a DataSet) > and we also need to group the dataelements which might appear on a form. > The two are not necessarily the same. > > Do we need a FormData abstraction which perhaps contains a set of > DataSets? I suspect this is tyhe right way to go. > Makes sense. Actually the DataSet holds information about PeriodType, assigned OrganisationUnits and locking which should be equal for all the sub-elements. So we need a sub-element which has a DimensionSet and a set of DataElements. Maybe Form and FormSection. > > On XForms I don't believe it is a silver bullet regarding form design. The > same issues will be present regarding composing the FormData.. Agreed. And even if we have the mozilla xforms project I don't think any browser natively supports xforms yet?
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