W3C Schema to HTML form.Generic solution available?
amol <[email protected]> Tue, 2 Dec 2003 12:41:33 +0530
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Am new to xml and this is my first post.
Scenario:
1. Application has some data stored in xml format.
2. Application wants the user to be able to edit this data over the web.
3. This warrants the need for a generic application which can convert =
xml documents to html forms and html forms back to xml documents.
4. To generat a form, it would need to know the details of the =
individual elements, e.x., the data type, possible values if any, etc. =
Now, this is possible only if this form generator is able to read the =
"schema" of that xml document.
5. Thus, using the schema document, this application would generate a =
corresponding html form. The user will enter information in this form, =
and on submit, this application will again convert the form data into =
the required xml document.
This scenario looks pretty generic. Lot of people may have had to do =
this. Isnt there any open source solution to this problem anywhere?
I tried google for a solution but couldnt find a comprehensive one.
One approach could be to have xsl to convert any schema document to html =
form. Has anyone done it before?
Thanks in advance.
Amol
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<META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2722.900" name=3DGENERATOR>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2>Am new to xml and this is my first=20
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<DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2>Scenario:</FONT></DIV>
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details of the individual elements, e.x., the data type, possible values =
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<DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2>5. Thus, using the schema document, =
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application would generate a corresponding html form. The user will =
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may have had to do this. Isnt there any open source solution to this =
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anywhere?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2>I tried google for a solution but =
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<DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2>One approach could be to have xsl to =
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schema document to html form. Has anyone done it before?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2>Thanks in advance.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2>Amol</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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