XML and forms

[computing project <co...@hotmail.co.uk>]

Hi,

I've produced a site where my CMS spits out XML and this is rendered into 
webpages using XSL.  I'm pleased with the separation into data and 
presentation.  However, the part that is left involves forms - registering, 
changing details, etc...

Has anyone got some pointers on how to proceed with this whilst still 
maintaining a good separation between data and presentation?  I was toying 
with the idea of writing the forms as xforms and using xsl to transform 
them, but as I wouldn't get to use any of the marshalling or validation 
features it seems like overkill.

Any practical advice would be most appreciated!

Thanks

--pete

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RE: XML and forms

[Matthew Langham <ml...@s-und-n.de>]

Hi Pete,

Have you taken a look at Apache Cocoon (cocoon.apache.org). It does exactly
what you need (and also what you have done yourself).

Cocoon includes a Forms framework that is built around the separation of
concerns and uses XML + XSL. (And Cocoon offers a lot other interesting
functionality)

Best

Matthew


 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: computing project [mailto:computer-project@hotmail.co.uk] 
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> Subject: XML and forms
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I've produced a site where my CMS spits out XML and this is 
> rendered into webpages using XSL.  I'm pleased with the 
> separation into data and presentation.  However, the part 
> that is left involves forms - registering, changing details, etc...
> 
> Has anyone got some pointers on how to proceed with this 
> whilst still maintaining a good separation between data and 
> presentation?  I was toying with the idea of writing the 
> forms as xforms and using xsl to transform them, but as I 
> wouldn't get to use any of the marshalling or validation 
> features it seems like overkill.
> 
> Any practical advice would be most appreciated!
> 
> Thanks
> 
> --pete
> 
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