- From: Michael Kay <mike@saxonica.com>
- Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 20:37:47 +0000
- To: Edward O'Connor <hober0@gmail.com>
- CC: "public-html-xml@w3.org" <public-html-xml@w3.org>
> Deploying XForms in text/html isn't a use case, it's a *solution* one > could propose *for* some use case(s). I'd like to know of a use case, > solvable by deploying XForms in text/html, that isn't solvable by simply > using HTML's existing forms functionality. Well, there are many benefits in adopting a more declarative approach to forms generation, with automatic validation based on schema definitions and so on. And of course, one way to implement XForms is to compile the high-level forms descriptions into low-level HTML/Javascript widgets. But surely, that's not the point? Isn't it enough that there's a community of people who want to do XForms? Why should you, or anyone else, stand as gatekeeper and tell them they have to convince you first? Michael Kay Saxonica
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