XForms 1.0 Third Edition Published as a W3C Recommendation

W3C has announced the publication of "XForms 1.0 (Third Edition)" as a
W3C Recommendation, signifying that there is significant support for
the specification from the Advisory Committee, the W3C Team, W3C Working
groups, and the public. Forms are an important part of the Web, and they
continue to be the primary means for enabling interactive Web applications.
Web applications and electronic commerce solutions have sparked the
demand for better Web forms with richer interactions. XForms 1.0 is the
response to this demand, and provides a new platform-independent markup
language for online interaction between a person (through an XForms
Processor) and another agent, usually remote. XForms is an XML application
that represents the next generation of forms for the Web. It splits
traditional XHTML forms into three parts: XForms model, instance data,
and user interface. By this means, XForms separates presentation from
content, allows reuse, and provides strong typing. This design reduces
the number of round-trips to the server, and offers device independence
with a reduced need for scripting. XForms 1.0 XForms striva to improve
authoring, reuse, internationalization, accessibility, and overall
usability. The XForms Recommendation document responds to implementor
feedback, brings the XForms 1.0 Recommendation up to date with second
edition errata, and reflects clarifications already implemented in XForms
processors. W3C reports that the Recommendation-level specification
contains 343 diffs that have significantly hardened XForms for enterprise
deployment. The XForms 1.0 Third Edition Test Suite was used in
interoperability testing, including tests for: Document Structure;
Processing Model; Datatypes; Model Item Properties; XPath Expressions
in XForms; Form Controls; XForms User Interface; XForms Actions; Submit
Function; XForms and Styling. More than twenty-five (25) XForms
Implementations were reported as of 2007-10-29. More Information