--- Ime Asangansi <asangansi at yahoo.com> wrote: > Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2008 10:51:50 -0700 (PDT) > From: Ime Asangansi <asangansi at yahoo.com> > Subject: Re: xml archetypes to xforms > To: adam.flinton at nhs.net > > Hi Adams, > > Please find my comments below: > > > I have the XForms Engine up on the OHT site but they're waiting to "go > > public" (I have no real idea what the delay is but....)...hopefully > > anonymous access is an "any day now" event. > > https://xmlprocess.projects.openhealthtools.org/ > > I have since downloaded but I had errors when I tried to run. > I have sent you the tomcat log for your very kind scrutiny > > > > This drill down is what is a bit of a pain at the moment were one to > > wish to open a template & then see a generated XForm GUI... > > This would be the ultimate IMHO > > > C) Wrt moving existing forms etc into Archetypes/templates etc what I've > > been playing with is OpenOffice as it's forms designer is XForms based & > > allows one to create a model/instance based form in a WYSIWYG way with > > all the niceties XForms offers wrt data analysis/mapping e.g. types > > from both std XSD & your own schemas/simple types (e.g. restricting a > > length or applying a pattern). You can then map that model to the > > relevant templates/archetypes while allowing the users to be sure that > > you've captured all the fields that their current form captures. In a > > very neat move you can even exports that form as an Adobe pdf form. > > cool... uh.. > > > D) What has raised itself as I've been playing with concepts to do with > > this is that you should be able to create a form at the lowest possible > > level & then accrete them into a whole i.e. a template/archetype should > > have it's own xform > > This is really interesting to hear (in the absence of a template > specification, Adam. > Here you are kind of talking about archetype xforms. > I am really wondering how you convert those constraints stuff in the > definition part of the > archetype into some cool xforms stuff. > Adam, I didnt contribute to the archetype specs neither do I fully understand > it... but I kinda > think this is the core issue > > > which is locatable e.g. archFileName_xform.xhtml > > which then includes...etc. i.e. if I open a template xform & the xform > > contains other templates/archetypes etc it would be nice to simply load > > them via linking (e.g. xlink or similar) rather than some sort of > > involved drill down & render approach. > > > > i.e. for a given archetype/template, the XForm is just for that > > archetype/tamplate & then includes the relevant form for the relevant > > child archetype/template etc. > > > > an example is that you might have an "A&E admissions form" with a > > select1 tick box & a set of choices e.g. "has: head wound chest wound > > leg wound" & if you click head wound you would want to see the head > > wound form. > > > > e.g. > > > > http://internet-apps.blogspot.com/2006/08/using-subforms-in-xforms.html > > > > > > It is possible that the operational template as per: > > > > "- the XML templates should probably become .xts (ts = template > > > > specification), because there will also be an operational template file, > > which is a template with all substitutions done, with an extension like > > .xot (ot = operational template) or .xtom (tom = template object model). > > The current 'templates' are template 'specifications', i.e. a set of > > differences with respect to archetypes. The 'operational' form is what > > can be used to create message definitions from, and can be used at runtime." > > cool > > > Thanks, Adam, for this > > Cheers, > Ime > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com >
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