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smokeyd wrote:
>i am trying to find an easy way for non technical people to edit an xml
file. ideally this would mean that i could create a really simple
interface with fields for users to complete which would then ammend an
This question has come up here some months ago.
At that time, nobody knew a tool. The problem
can be re-stated as a compiler construction
problem.
INPUT: DTD or a Schema or an example XML file
OUTPUT: Source code of a GUI application
The GUI application is expected to support the
user in creating a valid file. Hints about correct
usage should be given.
One of the problems is that there is no accepted standard for expressing
the necessary hints. Various manufacturers have tried various methods at
various times from the beginning of SGML to the present day, but no-one
has yet hit on an acceptable method.
In any case, for "data" XML the problem is just one of screen-painting:
all the other tools exist, and something like Tcl/Tk's "pack" algorithm
should be useful. For "document" XML the field is still wide open.
///Peter
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