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Hey all:
Suppose that in a real use case where an (XML-based) application is already designed and deployed in an industrial environment and I want to design a front-end based on XForms forms. This application is based on XML Schema using massively the structural change possibilities on XML instances (e.g. <choice> or minOccurs="0" constructs). This schema cannot be modified, so XForms forms have to be designed to handle the XML instances produced by the application. As the instances could be very different, it's a very difficult exercise to write corresponding forms.
Let me illustrate the problem with an example. Given a schema like this :
<xs:element name="root">
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="optelem" minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:choice>
<xs:element name="el1"/>
<xs:element name="el2"/>
</xs:choice>
</xs:sequence>
<xs:attribute name="optattr" type="xs:integer" use="optional"/>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
A valid instance could be :
<i:root optattr="12">
<i:optelem/>
<i:el1>
something
</i:el1>
</i:root>
or could be:
<i:root>
<i:el2/>
</i:root>
or something else very different.
How can I write a unique XForms form that can handle all of these initial instance data? More precisely, how can a form modify the instance data to add or remove optional elements/attributes, or how to simulate these structural changes?
All my attempts to write XForms compliant forms failed, even using 2 models (one with the app instance, the other with a *working* instance).
Regards,
t a r i q a m i n a b d u r - r a h i m
-- XML Application D e v e l o p e r
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