Hi, To promote his O'Reilly XForms Essentials book published in late August Micah Dubinko (W3C XForms spec co-author) wrote up another article for XML.com titled "XForms and Microsoft InfoPath".
Micah looks into how Microsoft InfoPath stacks up to XForms and writes: How comparable is InfoPath to XForms? At a high level, both seek to overcome a similar challenge: translating user interaction into XML. Upon closer examination, however, the two technologies differ in focus, target audience, and scope. Micah is not all talk and also wipes up UBL purchase order entry form for InfoPath to compare it with the real-world XForms example published in the O'Reilly XForms Essentials book. Micah concludes: Both InfoPath and XForms are version 1.0 efforts, and both are likely to improve substantially in future revisions. For organizations that have already licensed Office System 2003, InfoPath will provide an excellent means to automate data collection tasks. For use on systems not running Office System 2003, including Mac and Linux desktops, phones, PDAs, and even some PCs, XForms remains a better path. Full story @ http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2003/10/29/infopath.html or http://www.xml.com/lpt/a/2003/10/29/infopath.html - Gerald PS: Note, that the XForms Essentials book is also online for free @ http://dubinko.info/writing/xforms ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ _______________________________________________ xul-announce mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xul-announce
