Exploring and editing large XML documents - recommended approach?

> I'm find myself facing a dilemma. I need to development XML viewer and
> editors for documents that vary in size from a few K to several Mb.
> The schema is fairly complex and composed of about a hundred different
> complex type elements defined in various schema files.
> I'm now starting the viewers and would like users to be able to drill
> down the document structure dynamically, without having to load the
> whole document client side at once. What would be the recommended
> approach taking into account that editing capabilities will be also
> needed later?
> I'm thinking about:
> - Using XForms directly: the problem is that I need too predefine the
> document structure as I don't think there is a way to dynamically build
> the form lower levels as the user drills down the document
> - Using an Ajax based approach with Sarissa and the Yahoo Tree control
> UI library. This is simple and I can start at the top level of the
> document and retrieve lower level XML fragment as the user drills down.
> This should work for viewers but  I then loose the XForms advantage when
> down the road I will let user edit the document. This means I will have
> to define separate forms for editing.
> - Go for a hybrid approach: start the document as an XForms and use Ajax
> to interact directly with the XForms server. I could imagine then load
> XML fragment editors in the same page using iframes elements. This seem
> an attractive approach but probably quite challenging. Is there any
> documentation on the XForms servlet regarding formats/commands (besides
> exploring the source code?)
>
> Any idea/comment/suggestion would be welcome.
>
> thanks
> *Pascal*
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> Erik:
> I assume you will be using the Yahoo! UI control (?) I'll be working on
> an XML/Schema explorer in June as well and will let you know if I come
> up with anything interesting.
> thanks
> *P
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> Erik Bruchez wrote:
>> Pascal,
>>
>> I don't have a final opinion yet, but we are going to investigate the
>> question of the tree control real soon (with no guarantee at the
>> moment that the tree will be actually implemented "real soon" ;-).
>>
>> I think it would be better to have a tree control integrated with the
>> XForms engine rather than using a separate tree control.
>>
>> -Erik
>>
>> Pascal Heus wrote:
>>> I'm find myself facing a dilemma. I need to development XML viewer and
>>> editors for documents that vary in size from a few K to several Mb.
>>> The schema is fairly complex and composed of about a hundred different
>>> complex type elements defined in various schema files.
>>> I'm now starting the viewers and would like users to be able to drill
>>> down the document structure dynamically, without having to load the
>>> whole document client side at once. What would be the recommended
>>> approach taking into account that editing capabilities will be also
>>> needed later?
>>> I'm thinking about:
>>> - Using XForms directly: the problem is that I need too predefine the
>>> document structure as I don't think there is a way to dynamically build
>>> the form lower levels as the user drills down the document
>>> - Using an Ajax based approach with Sarissa and the Yahoo Tree control
>>> UI library. This is simple and I can start at the top level of the
>>> document and retrieve lower level XML fragment as the user drills down.
>>> This should work for viewers but  I then loose the XForms advantage when
>>> down the road I will let user edit the document. This means I will have
>>> to define separate forms for editing.
>>> - Go for a hybrid approach: start the document as an XForms and use Ajax
>>> to interact directly with the XForms server. I could imagine then load
>>> XML fragment editors in the same page using iframes elements. This seem
>>> an attractive approach but probably quite challenging. Is there any
>>> documentation on the XForms servlet regarding formats/commands (besides
>>> exploring the source code?)
>>>
>>> Any idea/comment/suggestion would be welcome.
>>>
>>> thanks
>>> *Pascal*
>>>
>>>
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