RE: how to bind model-items to instance-data ?

Dirk, Ryan:

(sorry for the late reply, the whole working group was at a face-to-face
meeting this week to bring the specification further along)

In fact, both of you are right: The current examples are not entirely
clear, and the favorite mechanism to tie model items to instance data is
essentially Schema. However, there are a few more tricky questions
involved: mobile devices are unlikely to implement the whole of XML
Schema any time soon, and there are a few new model items defined in the
XForms spec that must go somewhere.

At that face-to-face meeting, we have made good progress - stay tuned,
there will be a new working draft adressing this question as soon as
possible.

Josef


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ryan Tomayko [mailto:rtomayko@columbus.rr.com]
> Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 2:39 AM
> To: www-forms@w3.org
> Subject: how to bind model-items to instance-data ? 
> 
> 
> Dirk,
> 
> I'm surely not the authority on this, but I imagine that the 
> XForms model
> defintion items will be associated with instance data in 
> roughly (if not
> exactly) the same way XML Schema definition items are 
> associated to Instance
> Data. It is a fairly complex method of association based on the node's
> namespace uri and name, or relative location.
> 
> For more info, check out the Schema Recommendation.
> 
> - Ryan
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: www-forms-request@w3.org [mailto:www-forms-request@w3.org]On
> Behalf Of Dirk.Dinger@netformfive.de
> Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 11:54 AM
> To: 'www-forms@w3.org'
> Subject: how to bind model-items to instance-data ?
> 
> 
> Greetings,
> 
> According to the code-example given in section 2.5 "The 
> XForms Model", my
> interpretation is, that it is not yet clear,
> how model-items and instance data are bound together ?
> |-------------------------------------------------------------
> -------------|
> |    <!-- add to the cc model item the following: -->         
>              |
> |    relevant="value('payment/@type') == 'credit'"            
>              |
> |    required="true"                                          
>              |
> |    datatype of "xform:string"                               
>              |
> |    facet pattern of "\d{14,16}"                             
>              |
> |                                                             
>              |
> |    <!-- add to the exp model item the following: -->        
>              |
> |    relevant="value('payment/@type') == 'credit'"            
>              |
> |    required="true"                                          
>              |
> |    datatype of "xform:gYearMonth"                           
>              |
> |-------------------------------------------------------------
> -------------|
> 
> 
> 
> I can't neither see a "ref" property for model items nor for 
> instance data
> elements. As far as I see it, ref is only used to connect controls to
> instance data. A binding between model items and instance 
> data could be
> archieved implicitly by using the same xml structure for the 
> model and for
> the instance data. The example given below is not conform to 
> the latest
> draft, but it illustrates what I mean.
> 
>   <model>
>     <group name="ship-address">
>       <string name="street" required="true" minLength="6"/>
>       <string name="town" required="false" minLength="2"/>
>       <number name="postcode" scale="0" minInclusive="1000"
>               maxInclusive="9999" required="true"/>
>     </group>
>     <group name="bill-address">
>       <string name="street" required="true" minLength="6"/>
>       <string name="town" required="false" minLength="2"/>
>       <number name="postcode" scale="0" minInclusive="1000"
>               maxInclusive="9999" required="true"/>
>     </group>
>     <boolean name="wrap"/>
>   </model>
> 
>   <instance>
>     <ship-address>
>       <street>123 Some St.</street>
>       <postcode>2001</postcode>
>     </ship-address>
>     <bill-address>
>      <street>Suite 9456 Another Way</street>
>       <town>Sometown</town>
>       <postcode>2010</postcode>
>     </bill-address>
>   </instance>
> 
> Is this the intended way ? (I don't think so)
> 
> What am I missing here ?
> 
> Any hints welcome,
> Dirk Dinger
> 
>

Received on Friday, 22 June 2001 07:12:53 UTC