Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: We want to create a questionnaire...

e-letter wrote:
> On 21/06/2012, Andreas Säger <villeroy@t-online.de> wrote:
> > Am 21.06.2012 11:19, JenS8 wrote:
> > > Is there a newbie guide for creating an online form with LibreOffice
> > > Writer's XML Form Document?
> >
> > This link is very important, too:
> > > http://yourmediashelf.com/2010/07/writing-on-the-wall-xforms-has-been-dead-for-years/
> Thanks. To clarify, xforms via LO is _not_ designed for web servers
> and is therefore not compatible with clients (i.e. web browsers).
> Xforms documents are beneficial to replace the paper equivalent: a
> form in triplicate paper that must be authorised by various personnel
> as it is distributed within an organisation, why it is most
> appropriate for internal use is stated previously. Since xforms has
> never really been accepted by web browsers, html forms is the most
> appropriate technology for data capture via internet.
>
> So it is not strictly true to state that xforms is "dead". XML-FO is
> suitable for production of documents via XML DITA, but this would not
> be done via web browsers! XML is not exclusively for the web.
>
> To summarise: xforms for development of sophisticated (e.g. data
> validation) forms replacing paper-based procedures within an
> organisation; html(5) forms for data capture via the internet.
     This makes things much clearer, thanks!
     The Writer Guide has a chapter on Xforms that can be downloaded.

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--Dan

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