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Micah Dubinko |
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Chief XML Architect |
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Cardiff Software |
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http://www.Cardiff.com |
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Editor of XForms specification |
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Software Engineer for Cardiff Software |
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O’Reilly Book and magazine articles |
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Contributing Editor http://www.xmlhack.com/ |
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CDIA certified |
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mdubinko@Cardiff.com |
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Web Interfaces |
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Embedded Device with UI |
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Remote Administration |
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Data Entry / Workflow |
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For the Curious and the Thrill-seekers |
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Demonstration: X-Smiles |
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B.Web: Proprietary; binary formats |
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1993: HTML forms |
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1994–2001: Nothing happened |
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Today: XForms & Extensions |
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Need Script to do anything… |
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Validations |
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Calculations |
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Dynamic Forms |
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Some Assembly Required |
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<input value=“initial value”> |
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Primitive Data Representation |
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Name=Micah&Title=Chief+XML… |
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XML In; XML Out |
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80/20 |
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Embrace existing practice |
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Integration with Web Services; Tools |
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Leverage XPath, XML Schema, XSLT |
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Any Time, Any Place, Any Device |
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XForms lives in multiple locations within a
single “containing document” |
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Single, device-independent XML form definition |
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Works with standard or proprietary user
interfaces |
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Defines the ‘Purpose’ of the form |
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Based on XPath |
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Provides template for your data |
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Provides default or partially submitted data |
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Can be inline or referenced externally |
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Full support for XML Schema |
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Static (from Schema) and dynamic |
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Datatypes |
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Relevant |
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Required |
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ReadOnly |
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Validation |
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Calculation |
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Minimum/maximum occurrences |
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Working Group Examples |
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http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Forms/2002/Examples/ |
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Test Suite |
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http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Forms/Test |
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Of course, www-forms@w3.org |
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XML, or legacy format… |
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Including Binary data |
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GET, PUT, or POST |
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File system, HTTP, or e-mail |
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Describes intent, not presentation |
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appearance= “full” | “compact” | “minimal” |
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Grouping |
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Dynamic Presentation |
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Multiple pages |
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Repeating Tables |
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Defines common set of behaviors |
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Based on XML Events |
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No JavaScript required |
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Message |
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Send |
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Setvalue |
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Setfocus |
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Toggle |
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Load |
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Defines common set of behaviors |
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Direct replacements for scripting |
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<message> replaces alert() |
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<send> replaces form.submit() |
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<setvalue> replaces form.field.value=“string” |
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<setfocus> replaces form.field.focus() |
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<load> replaces document.href=“url” |
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<toggle> implements dynamic show/hide |
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<message level=“ephemeral”>Please enter
the number…</message> |
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<message level=“modal”>This field is
required (Street)</message> |
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<message level=“modeless”>Have you
forgotten your password</message> |
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Event-driven |
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modelInitialize |
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Focus/blur, next/previous |
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valueChanging/valueChanged |
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Help/hint/alert |
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Submit/reset |
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Error conditions |
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Accessible web forms for everybody |
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Not keyboard-centric |
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Events for focus, navigation |
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Script not required |
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Captions/metadata |
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Multimodal forms |
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Deploy XML data (Web Services) |
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RPC-style bad; Document-style good |
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Plain-old XML even better |
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Don’t assume browser-only access |
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Avoid dependence on HTML processing |
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Think beyond client-server |
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Embrace open standards |
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Vote For XForms in Mozilla! |
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http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=97806 |
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Implementations: |
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Novell http://www.novell.com/xforms/ |
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X-Smiles http://www.xsmiles.org |
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Mozquito http://webaccess.mozquito.com |
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E-XMLMedia http://www.e-xmlmedia.com/prod/xfe.htm |
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Authoring Tools |
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Cardiff LiquidOffice |
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http://www.Cardiff.com/xforms/ |
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www-forms@w3.org (subj: “Subscribe”) |
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http://www.w3.org/TR/xforms/ |
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http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Forms |
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http://dubinko.info/blog/ |
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http://www.xml.com/ |
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Book coming in 2003 |
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http://dubinko.info/writing/xforms/ |
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Notes