Thomas, Thanks for the input. I am glad this thread is still going b/c it proves to me the strength of this community. Anyway, the more I think about it, I enjoy Cocoon in many aspects, but have concerns about moving towards adopting CForms. So here are my concerns about going all in with Cocoon and CForms:
1) Training developers 2) Performance and Scalability 3) Integration with third-party software packages (other than SOAP or some other XMLRPC) 4) Easy access to Java Library and my own Domain to/from Cocoon (similar to #3) Would all such access be in the Flow via JavaScript? 5) Lock In 6) Front-end Widget Library 7) Forms production readiness IMHO, a webapp framework is almost the same thing as an operating system. If one were to build for a particular platform, the list of requirements will be daunting. With this in mind, I am trying to address immediate and long term concerns. As per one of your specific comments: "the > Cocoon+XForms combination hits some targets for > which CForms is less " What target are you thinking about? To all who have participated in this thread, I thank you greatly. Thanks, Julian --- Thomas Nichols <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There's the Chiba project - > http://chiba.sourceforge.net/ - which is > rapidly approaching full XForms compliance. There's > also an integration > project called Chicoon which is an integration > between Chiba (which, for > example, assumes its documents are on the > filesystem) and Cocoon. > > There's also OXF, http://orbeon.sourceforge.net/ - > which has a > server-side XForms processor. Not sure how one might > integrate OXF with > Cocoon, though, they seem to view Cocoon as a > competitor - > http://www.orbeon.com/community/cocoon > > <opinion> > CForms are really excellent for webapp development, > but for some types > of XML processing XForms has advantages. Whether it > comes from Chicoon, > from an OXF/Cocoon integration or from a > resuscitated JXForms, the > Cocoon+XForms combination hits some targets for > which CForms is less > than ideal. > </opinion> > > Anyone else interested in XForms with Cocoon? > - Thomas. > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ===== Live simply so others may simply live. -Ghandi Pluralitas non est ponenda sine neccesitate. "Entities should not be multiplied unneccesarily" -William of Occam _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Shop for Back-to-School deals on Yahoo! Shopping. http://shopping.yahoo.com/backtoschool --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
