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A lot of it can be done with Cocoon and JavaScript using components I listed at http://www.cocoonrecipes.org/ . Of course, I haven't had much time to update that site. I have to admit, though, that I totally agree with you. I am working on a project along the lines of what you described here and I finding it increasingly difficult to implement complex XML manipulation using HTML as the UI. Oleg Didier PH Martin wrote: > Hi, > > > > As usual, in this list there is a lot of talk and very little walk. Here > is a challenge I am proposing to the member of this list and > particularly to the people who think great application can be done with > a browser technology and W3C frameworks. > > > > Here it is: > > The goal is to get an XML document to be edited on the client, all > validation performed on the client and the filled XML document returned > to the server. Let’s start with a modest document as below. What is to > be filled are the data content for each element. Simple no? > > So to recap: > > a) The XML document is associated with a stylesheet for rendition. > All the element’s data content are empty. The XML document is rendered > in the browser using an XSLT stylesheet (you design and implement the > stylesheet – rendition is opened) > > b) The user enters the data and the XML data content is filled. > The element Version has to be validated. Only 1.0 is allowed. Validation > obviously is performed on the client side. > > c) The XML document is returned to the server with all its data > content filled > > > > Here is the XML document: > > <demo> > > <version></version> > > <author> > > <name></name> > > <email></email> > > </author> > > <description></description> > > </demo> > > > > See, the XML document to be filled is simple. By the way, at first let’s > not restrict that to a single browser. IE, Opera, Mozilla or others are > fine. As long as the apps can do what is mentioned in this message and > no “fat server” technology is used. The whole “fill the blanks” > operation should occurs without constant connection with a server. Now > let’s see how many can walk their talk > > > > Cheers > > Didier PH Martin > > http://didier-martin.com <http://didier-martin.com/> > > >
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