Re: [Moderator Action] XForms WD 20020821 - Abstract

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Subject: [Moderator Action] XForms WD 20020821 - Abstract


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> There are a couple of parts of the Abstract which seem to me to merit
> editing.
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> In the first paragraph it reads, "By splitting traditional XHTML forms
into
> three parts—XForms model, instance data, and user interface ..."
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> In reality "traditional XHTML forms" do not have those three parts - there
> is, for example, no XForms model in an HTML/XHTML form.
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> I suggest it be redrafted to read something like, "Rather than having a
> monolithic approach to forms, as evidenced in traditional XHTML forms,
XForms
> separates the XForms model, instance data and user interface ..."
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> Or, alternatively, omit the mention of "traditional XHTL forms" and simply
> state that XForms splits a form into three parts.
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> In the second paragraph of the Abstract I suggest that between "be
integrated
> into other" and "markup languages" there be inserted "XML". Alternatively
it
> should be indicated that both XML and non-XML languages are targeted.
>
> Andrew Watt

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