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Formsheets and the XML forms language

1999; Elsevier BV; Volume: 31; Issue: 11-16 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/s1389-1286(99)00029-8

1872-7069

Anders Kristensen,

Spreadsheets and End-User Computing

This paper presents XForm — a proposal for a general and powerful mechanism for handling forms in XML. XForm defines form — related constructs independent of any particular XML language and set of form controls. It defines the notion of formsheets as a mechanism for computing form values on the client, form values being arbitrary, typed XML documents. This enables a symmetrical exchange of data between clients and servers which is useful for example for database and workflow applications. Formsheets can be written in a variety of languages — we argue that the document transformation capabilities of XSL stylesheets make them an elegant choice.