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Randy Smith-9

Best for Complex XML Types

Quick question. I have a need for implementing a complex xml schema in
Orbeon. I would like to use Form Builder but to date I don't believe
Form Builder supports this. You can import a schema but it will only
handle simple types. Is that still true? It could be that I could use
XBL (not sure how to do this??) and Form Runner to do this but I'm not
sure if it handles complex types. I believe I can go straight XForms to
do this but I might not have access to all the nice controls available
in FB & FR.

So, what is the best direction to implement the complex types?
Thanks much,
Randy

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Erik Bruchez

Re: Best for Complex XML Types

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Depends what complex types support you need. The entire schema is used
by the XForms engine to validate the data

-Erik

On Apr 7, 2009, at 8:25 AM, Randy Smith wrote:

> Quick question. I have a need for implementing a complex xml schema
> in Orbeon. I would like to use Form Builder but to date I don't
> believe Form Builder supports this. You can import a schema but it
> will only handle simple types. Is that still true? It could be that
> I could use XBL (not sure how to do this??) and Form Runner to do
> this but I'm not sure if it handles complex types. I believe I can
> go straight XForms to do this but I might not have access to all the
> nice controls available in FB & FR.
>
> So, what is the best direction to implement the complex types?
> Thanks much,
> Randy
>
>
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Randy Smith-9

Re: Re: Best for Complex XML Types

Erik,
I need something like:
DocRef
DocID
Link
Author
Phone
Address
Street
Zip
State
In other words about ~ 4 or 5 levels deep.
1. My understanding is that currently FB will not handle a complex
parent child schema to this level. Correct?
2. Will FR with the XBL controls handle this?
3. I believe a standard XForm would handle this and supports a schema
that has complex elements.
Randy

Erik Bruchez wrote:

> Depends what complex types support you need. The entire schema is used
> by the XForms engine to validate the data
>
> -Erik
>
> On Apr 7, 2009, at 8:25 AM, Randy Smith wrote:
>
>> Quick question. I have a need for implementing a complex xml schema
>> in Orbeon. I would like to use Form Builder but to date I don't
>> believe Form Builder supports this. You can import a schema but it
>> will only handle simple types. Is that still true? It could be that I
>> could use XBL (not sure how to do this??) and Form Runner to do this
>> but I'm not sure if it handles complex types. I believe I can go
>> straight XForms to do this but I might not have access to all the
>> nice controls available in FB & FR.
>>
>> So, what is the best direction to implement the complex types?
>> Thanks much,
>> Randy
>>
>>
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Erik Bruchez

Re: Re: Re: Best for Complex XML Types

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> Erik,

> I need something like:
> DocRef
> DocID
> Link
> Author
> Phone
> Address
> Street
> Zip
> State
> In other words about ~ 4 or 5 levels deep.
> 1. My understanding is that currently FB will not handle a complex
> parent child schema to this level. Correct?

Correct.

> 2. Will FR with the XBL controls handle this?

With Form Runner, you can decide how your data looks like, and you
bind your controls to data yourself, so yes.

> 3. I believe a standard XForm would handle this and supports a
> schema that has complex elements.

Depends what you mean by "support".

1. XForms performs data validation with XML schema. This consists in
just running a schema validator on the data.
2. The data can be any XML document you want. So you are free to make
your data look like something your XML schema accepts.

-Erik

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