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paulb@119 | 11 | <h1>The XSLForms Conceptual Model</h1> |
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paulb@615 | 13 | <p>In applications based on XSLForms, form data is modelled and processed as XML documents as shown in the following diagram:</p> |
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paulb@119 | 19 | <th style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(193, 255, 102); text-align: center; vertical-align: top;">Application<br /> |
paulb@119 | 20 | <span class="method">Starting with an initial XML document...</span></th> |
paulb@119 | 21 | <th style="text-align: center; vertical-align: top;">XSLForms<br /> |
paulb@119 | 22 | <span class="method">A template is used together with the XML document to produce a Web page...</span></th> |
paulb@119 | 23 | <th style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 204, 255); text-align: center; vertical-align: top;">Browser<br /> |
paulb@119 | 24 | <span class="method">The Web page contains a form which is filled out by users of the application and submitted back to the application...</span></th> |
paulb@119 | 25 | </tr> |
paulb@119 | 26 | <tr> |
paulb@119 | 27 | <th style="text-align: center; vertical-align: top;">XSLForms<br /> |
paulb@119 | 28 | <span class="method">The incoming form data is converted to an XML document...</span></th> |
paulb@119 | 29 | <th style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(193, 255, 102); text-align: center; vertical-align: top;">Application<br /> |
paulb@119 | 30 | <span class="method">The incoming XML document is processed, validated, and so on...</span></th> |
paulb@119 | 31 | <th style="text-align: center; vertical-align: top;">XSLForms<span class="method">A template is used together with the new XML document to produce a Web page...</span></th> |
paulb@119 | 32 | <th style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 204, 255); text-align: center; vertical-align: top;">Browser<span class="method">An updated Web page is shown to the user. The page may contain a form which may be filled out and submitted...</span></th> |
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paulb@119 | 34 | </tbody> |
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paulb@119 | 37 | <p>The XSLForms framework therefore performs two main functions:</p> |
paulb@129 | 38 | |
paulb@119 | 39 | <ul> |
paulb@119 | 40 | <li>To present XML documents as Web pages containing forms.</li> |
paulb@119 | 41 | <li>To interpret submitted Web form information and to convert that information to XML.</li> |
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