Comments on: XForms resources http://thedil.wordpress.com/2007/03/03/xforms-resources/ One ‘l’ short of a savory little herb. A Digital Initiative Librarian’s blog. Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:38:43 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: wsalesky http://thedil.wordpress.com/2007/03/03/xforms-resources/#comment-687 wsalesky Fri, 16 Mar 2007 15:45:02 +0000 http://thedil.wordpress.com/2007/03/03/xforms-resources/#comment-687 Hi Parmit, You may convince me to use Orbeon, or at least give it another try. You are correct about some attributes not being valid in Xforms 1.0. I've bemoaned the fact a few times in the blog, because I think these are the attributes that will make the MODS form manageable. Happily they will be valid in 1.1 but I'm not sure how quickly they get wrapped into the firefox extension. Hi Parmit,
You may convince me to use Orbeon, or at least give it another try.

You are correct about some attributes not being valid in Xforms 1.0. I’ve bemoaned the fact a few times in the blog, because I think these are the attributes that will make the MODS form manageable. Happily they will be valid in 1.1 but I’m not sure how quickly they get wrapped into the firefox extension.

]]> By: Parmit http://thedil.wordpress.com/2007/03/03/xforms-resources/#comment-686 Parmit Fri, 16 Mar 2007 15:30:52 +0000 http://thedil.wordpress.com/2007/03/03/xforms-resources/#comment-686 Orbeon seems to be a great tool - the set up was fairly smooth (although some tinkering was needed). I followed through their tutorial and looked at their example applications to get a better understanding of the architecture. The more I use it, the more I'm learning - the mailing list is also a great resource! The main benefit I'm finding is that it saves me the time in dealing with a lot of styling issues by offering a default scheme (and it can be easily customized). I do anticipate that some issues may come up as I get more into it - one issue currently is that some attributes such as "context" which are used in Orbeon applications are not valid with the current Xforms version. But this will probably be solved with the new version of xforms (?). Anyway..will keep you posted on the progress! Parmit Orbeon seems to be a great tool – the set up was fairly smooth (although some tinkering was needed). I followed through their tutorial and looked at their example applications to get a better understanding of the architecture. The more I use it, the more I’m learning – the mailing list is also a great resource! The main benefit I’m finding is that it saves me the time in dealing with a lot of styling issues by offering a default scheme (and it can be easily customized).

I do anticipate that some issues may come up as I get more into it – one issue currently is that some attributes such as “context” which are used in Orbeon applications are not valid with the current Xforms version. But this will probably be solved with the new version of xforms (?).

Anyway..will keep you posted on the progress!

Parmit

]]> By: wsalesky http://thedil.wordpress.com/2007/03/03/xforms-resources/#comment-685 wsalesky Thu, 15 Mar 2007 19:09:09 +0000 http://thedil.wordpress.com/2007/03/03/xforms-resources/#comment-685 Hey Parmit, That's great news, can't wait to see what you've got. How do you like Orbeon? -Winona Hey Parmit,
That’s great news, can’t wait to see what you’ve got. How do you like Orbeon?
-Winona

]]> By: Parmit http://thedil.wordpress.com/2007/03/03/xforms-resources/#comment-684 Parmit Thu, 15 Mar 2007 15:03:04 +0000 http://thedil.wordpress.com/2007/03/03/xforms-resources/#comment-684 Hi Winona, Short update - I'm making some progress here with our MODS editor using xforms. We've recently set-up the Orbeon server and exploring its features. I'll put up a sample on the wiki soon and will keep you posted! Parmit Hi Winona,

Short update – I’m making some progress here with our MODS editor using xforms. We’ve recently set-up the Orbeon server and exploring its features. I’ll put up a sample on the wiki soon and will keep you posted!

Parmit

]]> By: wsalesky http://thedil.wordpress.com/2007/03/03/xforms-resources/#comment-681 wsalesky Mon, 05 Mar 2007 12:58:33 +0000 http://thedil.wordpress.com/2007/03/03/xforms-resources/#comment-681 Hi Susan, it was great to meet you as well. Looks like the wiki will be back up sometime this week, so check back there for additional resources. I'm really hoping that we can get some momentum going on collaborative XForms projects. -Winona Hi Susan, it was great to meet you as well.

Looks like the wiki will be back up sometime this week, so check back there for additional resources. I’m really hoping that we can get some momentum going on collaborative XForms projects.

-Winona

]]> By: teaguese http://thedil.wordpress.com/2007/03/03/xforms-resources/#comment-679 teaguese Mon, 05 Mar 2007 02:33:16 +0000 http://thedil.wordpress.com/2007/03/03/xforms-resources/#comment-679 Thanks so much for pulling these together. Nice to meet you at Code4Lib. Hope to keep in touch. Best, Susan Teague Rector, Virginia Commonwealth University Thanks so much for pulling these together. Nice to meet you at Code4Lib. Hope to keep in touch.
Best, Susan Teague Rector, Virginia Commonwealth University

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