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    OOoCon 2004 - Berlin

    XML Technologies:
    W3C XForms Functionality in
    OpenOffice.org

    Daniel Vogelheim
    Sun Microsystems, Inc.

    Daniel Vogelheim, Sun Microsystems, Inc. - Slide 1


    W3C XForms in OpenOffice.org

    About the Speaker


    Daniel Vogelheim, Sun Microsystems
    OpenOffice.org Developer since foundation
    Areas Of Interest
    Writer application core
    XForms support
    XML File Format & related technologies
    Standards Activities
    W3C XForms Working Group
    OASIS Open Office TC

    Daniel Vogelheim, Sun Microsystems, Inc. - Slide 2


    W3C XForms in OpenOffice.org
    Agenda
    Forms
    Introduction to W3C XForms
    W3C XForms in OpenOffice.org
    Demo
    Questions

    Daniel Vogelheim, Sun Microsystems, Inc. - Slide 3


    Paper Forms
    What is a Form?
    fill-in-the-blanks doc.
    layout + text to guide
    users
    structured data entry
    Form Usage
    common in business +
    administration
    established for decades
    well understood by people

    Daniel Vogelheim, Sun Microsystems, Inc. - Slide 4


    Electronic Forms
    Electronic Forms
    form controls
    HTML Forms
    data model: name/value pairs
    submission + return document
    everything else: scripting (client or server)
    Database Forms
    data model: SQL query
    named columns + types
    elementary data types + validation
    load/store + navigation

    Daniel Vogelheim, Sun Microsystems, Inc. - Slide 5


    Introduction to XForms
    W3C XForms History
    W3C XHTML needed better forms
    spin-off separate working group
    not only browsers anymore
    XForms 1.0: W3C Recommendation – Oct '03
    How is it different?
    arbitrary XML data
    bind controls through XPath expressions
    supports dynamic forms ( = data-dependent)
    declaratively add form logic
    calculations, relevance, required

    Daniel Vogelheim, Sun Microsystems, Inc. - Slide 6


    Example: Payment Terms
    Example: Payment on Web Site
    payment options
    credit card, pre-paid
    credit card: type, number expiration date
    dependencies
    credit card data REQUIRED for credit card payment
    credit card data NOT RELEVANT for other payment
    business logic!

    Daniel Vogelheim, Sun Microsystems, Inc. - Slide 7


    Example: Payment Terms
    <xforms:model>
    <xforms:instance>
    <payment>
    <method>cash</method> <expiry/> <number/>
    </payment>
    </xforms:instance>
    <xforms:bind id="bind_949f49c" nodeset="number"
    relevant="../method = 'cc'"
    required="../method = 'cc'"/>
    <xforms:bind id="bind_710b52c" nodeset="expiry"
    relevant="../method = 'cc'"
    required="../method = 'cc'"/>
    <xforms:bind nodeset="number" type="Credit Card"/>
    <xforms:submission id="submit"
    action="http://localhost:8888/" method="Post" />
    </xforms:model>

    Daniel Vogelheim, Sun Microsystems, Inc. - Slide 8


    XForms Implementations
    Office Packages
    StarOffice, OpenOffice.org & friends
    Browsers
    Mozilla (started)
    XSmiles (XHTML + XForms browser)
    plugins (FormsPlayer, Oracle)
    Flash (Mozquito/SAP)
    Server-Side
    HTML + submit (Chiba (Java))
    HTML + JavaScript (IBM)
    Specialised Forms Packages
    Daniel Vogelheim, Sun Microsystems, Inc. - Slide 9
    Using Standards
    No single product fits all
    deploy over web
    highly complex forms (e.g. tax declaration)
    mobile use (e.g. mobile phones, hand-helds)
    integration with business work-flow
    ... but XForms does!
    It's about formats, not products!
    up-size or down-size with new requirements
    easy multi-channel deployment
    How do we fit in?
    OASIS format, established office functionality
    between browser & specialised form solution
    Daniel Vogelheim, Sun Microsystems, Inc. - Slide 10
    XForms in OpenOffice.org
    Previously in OpenOffice.org
    HTML-style forms
    database forms
    New in OpenOffice.org 2.0
    W3C XForms 1.0
    create and deploy
    XForms data model, OOo controls
    support XSD data types, but not full XSD schema
    embed XForms into OASIS Open Office format
    also: improved database (not in this talk)

    Daniel Vogelheim, Sun Microsystems, Inc. - Slide 11


    Creating XForms
    Property Browser
    edit control properties
    bind control to XForms model
    direct access to binding

    Data Navigator
    browse, edit instances
    direct access to binding
    edit submissions + bindings
    Other
    live preview for XPath

    Daniel Vogelheim, Sun Microsystems, Inc. - Slide 12


    Using XForms
    Filling Out a Form
    only fillable content is editable
    errors are clearly marked
    comprehensible error messages
    dynamic rebinding of controls

    Daniel Vogelheim, Sun Microsystems, Inc. - Slide 13


    Other Use-Cases
    Mixed XForms/Free-Form Documents
    highly structured form-type information
    plus conventional document body
    use writable sections

    Custom XML
    allows embedding of arbitrary XML
    edit/display custom XML with form controls
    covers most common use-cases

    Daniel Vogelheim, Sun Microsystems, Inc. - Slide 14


    Use-Case: Mixed Document
    Specification
    formal header
    work-flow
    embedded XForms
    office body
    headers, lists, images
    OASIS Open Office
    automate w/ XForms
    check workflow rules
    name/email lookup

    Daniel Vogelheim, Sun Microsystems, Inc. - Slide 15


    Demo: Electronic Invoice
    Electronic Invoice
    use UBL (Universal Business Language)
    data types
    dependent calculations
    sum, taxes, rebate
    export as XHTML + Xforms
    use in XSmiles

    Daniel Vogelheim, Sun Microsystems, Inc. - Slide 16


    W3C XForms Functionality in
    OpenOffice.org

    Questions?

    Daniel Vogelheim, Sun Microsystems, Inc. - Slide 17

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