Xforms Essentials
- Main Page
- Table of content
- Copyright
- Preface
- Who Should Read This Book?
- Who Should Not Read This Book?
- If You re Still Reading This...
- About the Examples
- Organization of This Book
- Conventions Used in This Book
- How to Contact Us
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1. Introduction to Web Forms
- 1.1 The Past, Present, and Future of Web Forms
- 1.2 A Brief Review of HTML Forms
- 1.3 Limitations of HTML Forms, Advantages of XForms
- 1.4 The History of XForms
- 1.5 The Revenge of the Simple Syntax
- Chapter 2. XForms Building Blocks
- 2.1 More Than Forms
- 2.2 A Real-World Example
- 2.3 Host Language Issues
- 2.4 Linking Attributes
- Chapter 3. XPath in XForms
- 3.1 Getting Up to Speed with XPath
- 3.2 Going Deep: The XPath Data Model
- 3.3 Location Paths
- 3.4 Computed Expressions
- 3.5 How XPath is Used in XForms
- Chapter 4. XML Schema in XForms
- 4.1 Wide Open (Value) Spaces
- 4.2 Useful Datatypes
- 4.3 Other Datatypes
- 4.4 An Email Datatype for XForms
- 4.5 Complex Types
- 4.6 xsi:type
- Chapter 5. The XForms Model
- 5.1 Will the Real Data Model Step Forward?
- 5.2 Structural Elements
- 5.3 Common Attributes
- 5.4 Model Item Properties
- 5.5 Making the ConnectionBinding
- Chapter 6. The XForms User Interface
- 6.1 Form Controls
- 6.2 Interaction with Instance Data
- 6.3 Grouping
- 6.4 Dynamic Presentation
- 6.5 Repeating Line Items
- Chapter 7. Actions and Events
- 7.1 XML Events
- 7.2 XForms Actions
- 7.3 XForms Events
- Chapter 8. Submit
- 8.1 When to Submit
- 8.2 What to Submit
- 8.3 Where and How to Submit
- 8.4 What Happens After Submit?
- 8.5 The submission Element
- 8.6 Review: Submission Options
- 8.7 Security and Privacy Concerns
- Chapter 9. Styling XForms
- 9.1 CSS, Level 3
- Chapter 10. Form Accessibility, Design, and Troubleshooting
- 10.1 Basics of Accessibility
- 10.2 Form Design Patterns
- 10.3 XForms-specific Design Hints
- 10.4 Troubleshooting
- 10.5 Making the Switch to XForms
- Chapter 11. Extending XForms
- 11.1 The Cost of Extensibility
- 11.2 Ways to Extend
- Appendix A. Examining Microsoft InfoPath
- A.1 How Does It Work?
- A.2 Similar, Different
- A.3 A Real-World Example
- A.4 Conclusion
- Appendix B. The GNU Free Documentation License
- B.1 GNU Free Documentation License
- B.2 0. Preamble
- B.3 1. APPLICABILITY AND DEFINITIONS
- B.4 2. VERBATIM COPYING
- B.5 3. COPYING IN QUANTITY
- B.6 4. MODIFICATIONS
- B.7 5. COMBINING DOCUMENTS
- B.8 6. COLLECTIONS OF DOCUMENTS
- B.9 7. AGGREGATION WITH INDEPENDENT WORKS
- B.10 8. TRANSLATION
- B.11 9. TERMINATION
- B.12 10. FUTURE REVISIONS OF THIS LICENSE
- B.13 Addendum: How to use this License for your documents
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- Index
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