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XHTML 2.0 Explained


Although XHTML 2.0 isn't ready for general use yet, understanding how the changes will affect your writing and code will be key to a smooth transition. With full XForms integration, separation of content and function, and other features, XHTML 2.0 promises to revolutionize the Web when XHTML 2.0 arrives.

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By: Sasha Slutsker
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August 24, 2004
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
  1. · XHTML 2.0 Explained
  2. · Making the Switch
  3. · Get Ready for New Types of Lists
  4. · Sections and Headings
  5. · XForms
  6. · The MIME Situation

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XHTML 2.0 Explained - XForms
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XForms: The Future of Forms

XForms give you total control over client-side form entry and are very powerful. XForms are very complicated, and covering them completely is out of the scope of this article. However, the idea is that they use XML. Everything is in the <xforms:model> tag. The form defines generic tags which are specified by XHTML. Something like this will be done:

<xforms:model>
 <xforms:instance>
  <name />
  <age />
  <sex />
 </xforms:instance>
 <xforms:submission action = "post.php" method = "post" />
</xforms:model>

Then, in regular XHTML, you would go ahead and define them however you want.

<input ref = "name">
 <label>Name: </label>
</input>

<input ref = "age">
 <label>Age: </label>
</input>

<input ref = "sex">
 <label>Sex: </label>
</input>

<submit submission = "submit">
 <label>Send</label>
</submit>

There are more complicated things you can do, too, but that is all out of the scope of this article. If you are truly interested in using XForms, check out the specification:

http://www.w3.org/TR/xforms

We are just scratching the surface of what XHTML 2.0 can do. Since it's fully integrated with XML, you can define your own namespaces however you want. The power of XHTML 2.0 is enormous.


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