XForms Becomes Proposed Recommendation 247
leighklotz writes "The W3C has announced that XForms is now a Proposed Recommendation, after certification of one full implementation (open
source Java XSmiles from Finland) and two more implementations of each feature (the Internet
Explorer plug-in FormsPlayer
and the Java standalone Novell
xPlorer). XForms is the next generation of forms for the Web, and uses an
XML-based three-layer model: data model, data, and user interface.
XForms uses CSS for device independencence and is designed for
integration into XHTML 2,
SVG, and other XML-based markup
languages. A host of other implementations
are available or in progress, but my pick for most interesting is DENG, which is an
XForms to Flash compiler written in Flash. DENG supports
XForms, SVG, RSS, XHTML, and CSS. XForms is in consideration for other standards as diverse as Universal
Remote Controls and the UK
Government Interoperability Framework, and was developed with the
participation of IBM, Oracle, Xerox, Adobe, Novell, SAP, Cardiff,
PureEdge, and a host of other companies,
universities, and invididuals."
in a nutshell... (Score:4, Funny)
So many links (Score:4, Funny)
"Interesting! No, wait, the other thing. Tedious."
Key Feature (Score:5, Funny)
Suspend and Resume. Oh, that'll be usefull for last minute regret when making large online purchaces.
Click here to submit form to purchase $2000 computer... Wait! I changed my mind. Suspend. Suspend. Hmmm... I can always use another computer, Resume!
Wow, welcome to the future (Score:2, Funny)
Maybe they should have used a different name
Re:WTF? That name is already taken, try again. (Score:5, Funny)
XForms is a bad name. Sure, it kinda sounds like XHTML. Here's a reality check: XHTML is a bad name. X2 was a bad name for a movie, XP is a bad version number and so is MX. X is a stupid letter. Don't go tacking it onto everything you name just to make it sound cool. A name doesn't make something cool, but it sure can make it sound stupid.
Don't even try to explain that extensible starts with an X instead of an E unless you're speaking in ebonics, and in that case, mad props.
CSS for device independence? (Score:3, Funny)
As someone who once wrote a cross-device content delivery platform for PDAs, WML/HDML phones, and browsers, I repeat:
Huh?
Craptastic.
Anyone know about a program like this? (Score:1, Funny)
independencence? (Score:5, Funny)
Here at /. we have human editors for spelling independencence... not to mention English grammar transcendencence... or (my favorite) just plain incoherencence...
Re:WTF? That name is already taken, try again. (Score:2, Funny)
You know it's time to start another project... (Score:1, Funny)