Re: Persistent data

• From: Alain Couthures <alain.couthures@agencexml.com>
• Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 17:09:37 +0200 (CEST)
• To: Steven Pemberton <steven.pemberton@cwi.nl>, XForms <public-xformsusers@w3.org>
• Message-ID: <232694692.1848202.1781104177116@email.ionos.fr>

This could easily be implemented at submission level with an extra attribute such as autosubmit="on-change" and, maybe, autosubmit-delay.

--Alain

> Le 10/06/2026 16:54 CEST, Steven Pemberton <steven.pemberton@cwi.nl> a écrit :
> 
>  
> A frequently reoccuring use case in my forms is persistent data.
> 
> I load an instance from somewhere, and periodically after making changes I 
> save it back to where it came from.
> 
> How about:
> 
>  <instance resource="data.xml" persistence="incremental"/>
> 
> (other naming is possible)
> 
> which states that the instance should be automatically saved back at 
> intervals (like how incremental works), and always at the end.
> 
> Needs more thought, but it would make a useful addition.
> 
> Steven

Received on Wednesday, 10 June 2026 15:09:43 UTC