[docbook-apps] Query re DocBook, XForms and Document Assembly

["GARY Hoffman" <GHOFF at eslaw dot com>]

This is a two-part question.  First, the current version of DocBook allows html:form elements to be used in DocBook documents.  Are there any plans to include a module using the new XForms specification? 

 

Second, regardless of the answer to the first part, is it possible to use the html:form elements in a DocBook document in a manner similar to document assembly programs (the most popular being HotDocs (www.hotdocs.com))? That is, is it possible to have a DocBook document that is a template containing optional provisions that are selected by the end-user?  For example, suppose you have a standard form of a sales contract that is used by a hardware vendor.  A document assembly program would permit a secretary (or whatever) to prepare a contract tailored to a specific customer and/or order.  Through a series of dialogues, the secretary provides the name, address and other pertinent information regarding the customer and the ordered goods.  In addition, the secretary may be given choices as to specific contractual provisions, such as product warranties.  The program would then "assemble" the document, which can be saved and printed by a word processing program. 

 

Any thoughts along these lines would be appreciated.

 

 

 

Gary L. Hoffman, Esq.
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