Re: Generating User Interfaces from Schema

We generate our web GUI from custom XML tags (like <gui
type="transparent_window" trigger="onmouseover"> ...some html ... <load>
...some more html to load when triggered </load> </gui>

We then use an XSL sheet to parse it, generating PHP and Javascript , or
Flash depending on the output platform. Is this the sort of thing you
are talking about?

Ben

Michael Kay wrote:

>As mentioned in another thread, there is a lot of processing to get from a
>schema document (a chunk of XML) to a schema (a set of components with
>properties). You probably want to start from the schema, not from the schema
>document.
>
>There seems to be a need for a tool here that generates an XML
>representation of the schema, perhaps as a schema document in some kind of
>"normal form" with appinfo annotations to represent the computed properties.
>Having written a schema processor in Java, I find it hard to imagine writing
>one in XSLT, though I'm sure it can be done in theory.
>
>Michael Kay
>http://www.saxonica.com/
>
>  
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Angel Gavin [mailto:agavin@xxxxxx] 
>>Sent: 19 July 2005 10:09
>>To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>Subject:  Generating User Interfaces from Schema
>>
>>Hi all,
>>
>>I have read a lot about the suitability of XSLT to generate 
>>Graphical User
>>Interfaces (GUI) from XML Schema. I suppose that many people has been
>>working on this before, but I just want to get some feedback 
>>from the list.
>>Are there any related project/initiatives/products/... to 
>>generate GUIs in
>>an automated way? I only know one commercial product 
>>(JAXFront) and, as far
>>as I know, it is not based on XSLT.
>>
>>At the time being I can foresee some restrictions (not 
>>necessarily linked to
>>the use of XSLT, but to automation itself) I may need to 
>>impose to Schemas.
>>Any hints on this will be much appreciated too.
>>
>>Thanks a lot in advance for your help,
>>Angel
>>
>>
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