XML and objects-the future of the e-forms on the Web

Author

Tornqvist, Anders ; Nelson, Chris ; Johnson, Mark

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

303

Lastpage

308

Abstract

Many organisations are using the Web for electronic commerce or purely for the collection and dissemination of information based on forms and tables. For many of these organisations a bespoke Web design with specialised Java Script is what they want. However, for organisations not wishing to make this investment, a flexible system based on a standard XML DTD could fit the bill. Fully functional e-forms can be prepared and maintained for a fraction of the price of a bespoke Web design. Based on a combination of the knowledge of the real meaning of data and metadata, XML and the Web, and object oriented technology, there is a new way to develop e-forms and to integrate them with applications

Keywords

business forms; distributed object management; electronic commerce; hypermedia markup languages; information dissemination; object-oriented programming; Web; XML DTD; e-forms; electronic commerce; information collection; information dissemination; object oriented technology; Aggregates; Data visualization; Databases; Java; Mice; Monitoring; Navigation; Robustness; XML;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Enabling Technologies: Infrastructure for Collaborative Enterprises, 1999. (WET ICE '99) Proceedings. IEEE 8th International Workshops on

Conference_Location

Stanford, CA

ISSN

1080-1383

Print_ISBN

0-7695-0365-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ENABL.1999.807068

Filename

807068