Re: XForms and upcoming data binding support

Eitan Suez <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.java.luxor-xul.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>
very cool.  i wasn't aware anyone was actually working on this.  i'm 
really
glad to hear it.  like you say it's a perfect match.

yes i am aware of xforms.  i'd skimmed through the draft
specs a couple of years ago but hadn't had the time to keep up with it.

thanks, eitan


On Saturday, Mar 1, 2003, at 01:32 US/Central, Gerald Bauer wrote:

> Servus Eitan,
>
>>    one observation i've made, that has nothing to do
>> with luxor, is that xul does not
>>    address the issue of data binding between a ui
>> and a model (say in
>> xml).
>
>    That's why XUL and XForms are such a perfect match.
>   (XForms adds data binding to XUL and XUL adds a rich
> widget set to XForms.)
>
>   XForms support in Luxor is my top priority and hope
> to have a first version ready in about two months.
>
>    For more info about XForms check out:
>   * http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Forms/
>   * http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2001/09/05/xforms.html
>
>   O'Reilly also has an XForms book upcoming this
> summer written by the W3C spec lead Micah Dubinko
> (http://dubinko.info/writing/xforms/ )
>
>   - Gerald



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