- From: <AndrewWatt2001@aol.com>
- Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 02:35:41 EDT
- To: XForms@yahoogroups.com, www-forms@w3.org
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In a message dated 16/04/2003 03:40:01 GMT Daylight Time, ivelin@apache.org writes: > > >> Ivelin, >> >> I was wondering if you could answer a few fundamental questions. I ask >> partly because it is almost impossible to be sure which parts of the >> Apache site re Cocoon etc are fully up to date. So it is far from easy to >> tease out what is current and what is obsolete. >> >> Some XMLForm code that I have looked at includes several elements which >> are not present in the XForms CR and omits some which are in the XForms >> CR. Is that now fixed? Or what are the plans and timetable for fixing it? >> >> The current direction is to follow closely the UI controls of XForms, but >> not attempt to support events, validation and actions, which are >> considered inefficient for a pure server side implementation. XMLForm uses >> the XForms form controls to offer a transition path to thin client J2EE >> apps. Its action processing model will remain close to that of JavaServer >> Faces (Struts), which has been proven scaleable and performant, without >> requiring use of JSPs. >> >> Chiba is making an attempt to prove this assumptions wrong and will >> eventuall support XForms completely on the server side. >> >> As I understand it, XMLForm uses schematron. Will that continue? Or will >> it be replaced by W3C XML Schema? Or will it be possible to use both? >> >> Schematron is just one implementation of the pluggable Validator >> interface. XSD, Relax or plain java classes can be plugged in as well. >> >> Specifically, which version number do you plan to have XForms CR and >> XMLForm fully aligned? Assuming that you do plan that they be fully >> aligned. >> >> As I mentioned above, there are not immediate plans to completely align >> XMLForm with XForms other than the UI Controls. >> >> A final fundamental question relates to how the Cocoon version and the >> XMLForm relate? Are they fully in synch? If not is it planned that they >> will be fully in synch at some later date? >> >> XMLForm is being distributed standalone as well as a Cocoon module. Both >> use the same core and will be synced as frequently as the development >> resources allow. >> > > >> >> Cheers, >> >> Ivelin >> >> >> >> Thanks >> >> Andrew Watt >> >> > Ivelin, Thanks very much for the information. It gives me a much clearer picture of the current situation and future directions than I could otherwise have pieced together. Andrew Watt
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