OK, cool. I agree that XForms looks heavy but there were some features that I liked (separation between content and presentation being foremost in my mind).
Send me the newer JEP or just updated it in CVS so I can post the revised version. :) Peter On Tue, 2 Oct 2001, Thomas Muldowney wrote: > Some notes on the forms stuff. The JEP might not actually be the most current. > Ryan and I made some changes to better enable the system based on our > exploration of the spec with our vose project. > > We did look at XForms, and it's, um, heavy. It is very detailed and may be > overboard for what we need. That's actually why the jabber forms system > was designed in the first place. Current implementation lacked and XForms were > too much. > > Please do join the list the jig and we can discuss more. > > --temas > > On Tue, Oct 02, 2001 at 10:48:50AM -0500, Peter Saint-Andre wrote: > > As I was taking notes at JabberCon, one theme that kept popping into my > > mind was the need for strong forms support in Jabber. Just as the World > > Wide Web consisted mostly of reading hyperlinked documents (albeit > > eventually with some flashy graphics and multimedia stuff) until web > > developers figured out how to offer interactive forms and therefore > > "weblications" like searching the web and ordering books online, so I > > think Jabber will consist mostly of IM (and a few related applications) > > until we have Jabber forms that will enable developers to create more > > robust "Jablications" like _______ (you fill in the blank :). > > > > I don't have any answers or specific proposals to offer, but I'd certainly > > like to get the discussion going. Ryan Eatmon put together a proposed spec > > for Jabber forms a number of months ago, and even converted it into JEP > > format, but there's been minimal discussion of it and I think that's what > > we need to move forward. The JEP can be found here: > > > > http://foundation.jabber.org/jeps/jep-0004.html > > > > More specifically, I'm wondering if there is value in looking at the W3C > > spec for XForms. Here are some links of interest for that angle: > > > > http://www.xml.com/lpt/a/2001/09/05/xforms.html > > http://www.xml.com/lpt/a/2001/09/26/xforms.html > > http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/WD-xforms-20010828/ > > > > There are 12 people on the forms-jig mailing list and 1050 people on the > > JDEV list. I invite those of you who are interested in building more > > advanced data interchange over Jabber (as opposed to simple IM) to join > > the forms-jig list so we can kick-start this discussion: > > > > http://mailman.jabber.org/listinfo/forms-jig/ > > > > Peter > > > > -- > > Peter Saint-Andre > > email/jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > web: http://www.saint-andre.com/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Forms-JIG mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://mailman.jabber.org/listinfo/forms-jig > _______________________________________________ jdev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.jabber.org/listinfo/jdev
