Perhaps I should explain my application a bit more. The example constraints
I gave were rather simple.
We write software for life insurance companies. Our customers want to sell
insurance policies over the web. This boils down to collecting and
verifying an insurance applicant's data.
The data will generally be collected via a set of forms. The solution must
be form technology neutral. We know that there will be both PDF and HTML,
but there could be something else that we haven't thought of yet.
Our customers like "fine-grained" forms for data collection. They generally
only have 2 or 3 fields with lots of descriptive text. This means there are
generally a hundred or so forms for a typical application.
The form workflow is dynamic. The user only sees the ones that are
appropriate, based on previously collected data. (i.e. The tobacco usage
forms are only presented if the applicant said they use tobacco on an
earlier form.)
The data can also be provided from external sources. Some sources include
contact management/sales support systems, customer databases, legacy apps,
etc.
The data validation and completeness checking has to be done separate from
the form because:
1. We don't write the forms.
2. We don't want to write the forms. :)
3. There can be dependencies between the data that cross multiple forms.
The rules for checking the data on form B can be dependent upon the data
collect by form A.
4. The data can come from external sources beyond our control.
Even if we did code the forms ourselves, numbers 3 and 4 would be big
problems.
So. I need to write a component that can analyze a set of data and answer
two questions:
1. "Is this a complete life insurance application?"
2. "Is this subset of the application complete?"
Number 2 is needed for the dynamic form workflow requirement. Since I know
what fields are on each form, I can use that information to decide if a
particular form should be displayed.
So now do you think Jess is appropriate?
-Robert Quillen
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