Re: Query Languages for XML

Martin Bryan (mtbryan@sgml.u-net.com)
Wed, 19 Nov 1997 11:02:38 -0000

Paul Prescod wrote
>> Where in XML do we have forms,
>
>"To reduce the initial barriers to adoption, a core set of HTML flow
>objects is recommended in addition to the core DSSSL flow objects. The
>HTML/CSS formatting model is somewhat different from the DSSSL model,
>and the inclusion of the HTML/CSS flow objects will make it possible to
>use XSL with HTML and CSS. It simplifies the targeting of HTML as the
>output format, and retains consistency of the object model and dynamic
>behaviors."
> - http://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-XSL.html
>
>Included in the list are:
>
>"FORM
> INPUT
> SELECT
> TEXTAREA"
>
>
>> or any statement that tells anyone what will
>> happen to data placed into an editable field?
>
>This is specified in the HTML 4.0 proposed recommendation which has
>provisions for interactive processing on either the client or server
>sides. If and when someone standardizes an updateable document data
>manipulation language, it can be accessed from these forms just as SQL
>and ODQL are today.
>
So we are constrained to using the types of form objects defined in HTML
using the processes defined in HTML 4.0, and can add no new functionality
via XSL?

Martin Bryan