- From: T. V. Raman <tvraman@almaden.ibm.com>
- Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 11:23:51 -0800
- To: Brian Grainger <granam@shaw.ca>
- Cc: www-forms@w3.org
Think XForms as a generic XML-ish forward looking way of
authoring and deploying WWW application.
There is more than just "user interface" to an application--
XForms takes this front-on by creating an application model,
a binding and a user interface mechanism, where the UI is
"bound" t the application model via the binding mechanism.
XUL is a fine XML based language --but its goal is to create
UI widgetry --and UI widgets alone do not an application make.
>>>>> "Brian" == Brian Grainger <granam@shaw.ca> writes:
Brian> Being new to the area of XML-based user
Brian> interfaces, I'm curious as to why there are two
Brian> (or more?) competing formats.
Brian> Both XForms and XUL seem to this neophyte to
Brian> address the same issues, so some enlightenment as
Brian> to why a developer would choose one over the
Brian> other would be greatly appreciated.
Brian> Regards, Brian
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Best Regards,
--raman
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