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[Bob Jolliffe <bobjolliffe@xxxxxxxxx>]

2009/10/27 Lars Helge Øverland <larshelge@xxxxxxxxx>

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> On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 2:48 PM, Bob Jolliffe <bobjolliffe@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
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>> It seems to me we are missing a level of grouping.  We need to group
>> dataelements which have similar dimensionality (presumably using a DataSet)
>> and we also need to group the dataelements which might appear on a form.
>> The two are not necessarily the same.
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>> Do we need a FormData abstraction which perhaps contains a set of
>> DataSets?  I suspect this is tyhe right way to go.
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> Makes sense. Actually the DataSet holds information about PeriodType,
> assigned OrganisationUnits and locking which should be equal for all the
> sub-elements. So we need a sub-element which has a DimensionSet and a set of
> DataElements. Maybe Form and FormSection.
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>> On XForms I don't believe it is a silver bullet regarding form design.
>> The same issues will be present regarding composing the FormData..
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> Agreed. And even if we have the mozilla xforms project I don't think any
> browser natively supports xforms yet?
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Fortunately that's not really the problem anymore.  This is what is really
great about Daniel's implementation.  The xforms are rendered using
javascript so there is no need for "native" browser support.  My point is
that we still don't escape from the problem of deciding on how to group the
elements which are to be included in the form.

Regards
Bob