We conclude this chapter with a summary of the relationship between XForms components and their application to Web services in Table 9.1.
XForms
Web Services
model
Collect data as XML
Serialize request as XML
Receive response as structured XML
Bind
Connect distributed services
Connect user interfaces to actual data
Enable aggregation of information services
UI
Connect users to their information
Enable ubiquitous information access
Enable delivery to multiple devices
Enable multimodal, mobile Web services
submit
Serialize data as valid SOAP messages
Smart forms enable automatic data import and export