XForms Implementation Status

W3C's XForms Recommendation is implemented in X-Smiles. It uses the the "http://www.w3.org/2002/xforms" - namespace.

XForms can be embedded in XHTML, XSL FO, SMIL and SVG documents in X-Smiles.

section	Feature	Support	Notes
3	Document Structure
3.1	The XForms namespace	full	x
3.2	XForms Core Attribute Collections
3.2.1	Common Attributes (any)	full	x
3.2.2	Linking Attributes (src)	full	x
3.2.3	Single node binding attributes (ref,model,bind)	full	x
3.2.4	Nodeset binding attributes (nodeset,model,bind)	full	x
3.3	XForms Core Module
3.3.1	model element	full	x
3.3.2	instance element	full	x
3.3.3	submission element	partial	Implemented attributes: action, method, encoding, ref, replace, separator. Not implemented attributes: version, indent, omit-xml-declaration, standalone, cdata-section-elements, .
3.3.4	bind element	full	x
3.5	XForms extension module
3.5.1	Extension element	full	no-op
3.4	XForms MustUnderstand module
3.4	xforms:mustUnderstand attribute	full	x
4	Processing model
4.1	Events overview
4.2	Initialization events
4.2.1	xforms-model-construct	full	x
4.2.2	xforms-model-initialize	full	x
4.2.3	xforms-initialize-done	full	x
4.2.4	xforms-ui-initialize	full	x
4.2.5	xforms-form-control-initialize	full	x
4.2.6	xforms-model-destruct	full	ISSUE: since the browser core is doing the submission, there's no way to stop form from destructing.
4.3	Interaction events
4.3.1	xforms-next and xforms-previous	none	x
4.3.2	xforms-focus	full	x
4.3.3	xforms-help and xforms-hint	partial	xforms-help is supported. Hint element is supported, but not the xforms-hint event.
4.3.4	xforms-refresh	partial	No-op, since the view is always up-to-date. ISSUE: no possibility to cancel the view from updating.
4.3.5	xforms-revalidate	full	x
4.3.6	xforms-recalculate	partial	does not detect circular dependencies.
4.3.7	xforms-rebuild	full	x
4.3.8	xforms-reset	full	x
4.3.9	xforms-submit	partial	does not check xsi:type or xforms:type before submission. Validates the whole instance, not only the part, which is submitted.
4.4	Notification events
4.4.1	xforms-activate	full	In button and selects. Spec unclear which elements should dispatch this.
4.4.2	xforms-value-changing	full	x
4.4.3	xforms-value-changed	full	x
4.4.3	xforms-value-changed	full	x
4.4.4	xforms-select and xforms-deselect	full	x
4.4.5	xforms-scroll-first and xforms-scroll-last	none	x
4.4.6	xforms-insert and xforms-delete	partial	Context info missing. ISSUE: how to expose the context info?
4.4.7	xforms-valid	full	Might be dispatched even if the state does not change.
4.4.8	xforms-invalid	full	Might be dispatched even if the state does not change.
4.4.9	DOMFocusIn	full	x
4.4.10	DOMFocusOut	full	x
4.4.11	xforms-readonly	full	Might be dispatched even if the state does not change.
4.4.12	xforms-readwrite	full	Might be dispatched even if the state does not change.
4.4.13	xforms-required	full	Might be dispatched even if the state does not change.
4.4.14	xforms-optional	full	Might be dispatched even if the state does not change.
4.4.15	xforms-enabled	full	Might be dispatched even if the state does not change.
4.4.16	xforms-disabled	full	Might be dispatched even if the state does not change.
4.4.17	xforms-submit-done	none	x
4.4.18	xforms-submit-error	none	x
4.5	Error Indications
4.5.1	xforms-binding-exception	full	x
4.5.2	xforms-link-exception	full	x
4.5.3	xforms-link-error	full	x
4.5.4	xforms-compute-exception	none	x
5	Datatypes
5.1	XML Schema built-in datatypes	full	x
5.2	XForms Datatypes
5.2.1	xforms:listItem	full	x
5.2.2	xforms:listItems	full	x
5.2.3	xforms:dayTimeDuration	full	x
5.2.4	xforms:yearMonthDuration	full	x
6	Model item properties
6.1	Model Item Property Definitions	full	x
6.1.1	type	full	x
6.1.2	readonly	partial	ISSUE: interaction with calculate not implemented.
6.1.3	required	partial	ISSUE: interaction with readonly not implemented.
6.1.4	relevant	full	x
6.1.5	calculate	full	x
6.1.6	constraint	full	x
6.1.9	p3ptype	full	no-op, since not supported by the browser
6.2	Schema Constraints
6.2.1	Atomic datatype	full	x
6.2.1 (1)	Datatypes in schema document.	full	x
6.2.1 (2)	Datatypes using xsi:type	full	x
6.2.1 (3)	Datatypes, using xforms:type	full	x
7	XPath expressions
7.1	XPath datatypes	full	Uses Xalan XPath implementation.
7.2	Instance Data	full	x
7.2.1	The getInstanceDocument() Method	full	x
7.2.2	The rebuild() Method	full	x
7.2.3	The recalculate() Method	full	x
7.2.4	The revalidate() Method	full	x
7.2.5	The refresh() Method	full	In X-Smiles, view is always up-to-date
7.3	Evaluation context	full	x
7.4	Binding expressions	full	x
7.4.1	Model Binding Expressions	full	x
7.4.2	UI Binding Expressions	partial	Some dynamic binding is not implemented, e.g. using index() in nodetest.
7.4.3	UI Binding in other XML vocabularies	full	Other languages within X-Smiles could be extended to bind to XForms instance.
7.5	XForms Core Function Library
7.5 (1)	XPath core functions	full	x
7.5 (2)	XForms core functions	full	You can also use xforms namespace prefixed function names.
7.6	Boolean Methods
7.6.1	The boolean-from-string()	partial	Exception not supported.
7.6.2	if()	full	x
7.7	Number Methods
7.7.1	avg	full	x
7.7.2	min()	full	x
7.7.3	max()	full	x
7.7.4	count-non-empty()	full	x
7.7.5	index()	partial	Exception not supported.
7.9	Date and Time Functions
7.9.1	now()	full	x
7.9.2	The days-from-date()	full	x
7.9.3	seconds-from-dateTime()	full	x
7.9.4	seconds()	full	x
7.9.5	months()	full	x
7.7	Extension Functions
7.7	Extension Functions	none	x
8	Form controls
8.1	The XForms Form Controls Module
8.1.1	Implementation Requirements Common to All Form Controls	partial	ISSUE: Attributes 'navindex', 'accesskey' not implemented. Attribute 'appearance' implemented for selects.
8.1.2	input	full	Custom controls are provided for the following types: xsd:boolean, xsd:date
8.1.3	secret	full	x
8.1.4	textarea	full	x
8.1.5	output	partial	Custom output are provided for the following types: xsd:boolean, xsd:date.
8.1.6	upload	full	x
8.1.7	range	partial	Supports xsd:decimal, xsd:integer and derived types. Other datatype support missing.
8.1.8	trigger	full	x
8.1.9	submit	full	x
8.1.10	select	partial	Only compact style.
8.1.11	select1	full	x
EXTENSION	selectboolean	full	NOTE: X-SMILES EXTENSION
8.2	Common Markup for Selection Controls
8.2.1	choices	full	Reads item/itemset children, does NOT show nesting
8.2.2	item	full	x
8.2.3	value	full	x
8.3	Additional Elements
8.3.1	filename	full	x
8.3.2	mediatype	full	x
8.3.3	label	full	x
8.3.4	help	full	x
8.3.5	hint	full	x
8.3.6	alert	full	x
9	XForms User Interface
9.1	XForms Group Module	full	Works only in XHTML.
9.1.1	group	full	Works only in XHTML.
9.2	XForms Switch Module	full	Works only in XHTML.
9.2.1	switch	full	Works only in XHTML.
9.2.2	case	full	Works only in XHTML.
9.2.3	toggle	full	Works only in XHTML.
9.3	XForms Repeat Module	partial	Works only in XHTML.
9.3.1	repeat	full	Works only with XML+XHTML/XHTML2 as the host language (not with SVG & SMIL). Does not support 'startIndex' or 'number' attributes
9.3.2	Creating Repeating Structures Via Attributes	none	x
9.3.3	itemset	full	does not support complex types.
9.3.4	copy	full	x
9.3.5	insert	full	x
9.3.6	delete	full	x
9.3.7	setindex	full	x
9.3.8	Repeat Processing	full	x
9.3.9	Nested Repeats	full	x
9.3.10	User Interface Interaction	full	number and startindex not supported.
10	XForms Actions
10.1	XForms Action Module
10.1.1	action	full	x
10.1.2	dispatch	full	x
10.1.3	rebuild	full	x
10.1.4	recalculate	full	x
10.1.5	revalidate	full	x
10.1.6	refresh	full	ISSUE: view is always up to date
10.1.7	setfocus	full	x
10.1.8	load	full	x
10.1.9	setvalue	full	x
10.1.10	send	full	x
10.1.11	reset	full	x
10.1.12	message	full	x
11	Submit
11.1	The xforms-submit Event	full	ISSUE: non-relevat attributes are not removed from submission, while non-relevant elements are removed.
11.2	Submission Options	full	x
11.3	Serialization as application/xml	full	x
11.4	Serialization as multipart/form-data	full	x
11.5	Serialization as application/x-www-form-urlencoded	full	x
11.6	The post, form-data-post, and urlencoded-post Submit Methods	full	HTTP post supported
11.7	The put Submit Method	full	x
11.8	The get Submit Method	full	x
F	CSS styling (Non normative)
F.1	pseudo-classes	full	x
F.2	pseudo-elements	full	Only usable with XHTML as the host.
F.3	examples	full	x
	'background-color', 'color'	full	x
	'font-family', 'font-size', 'font-weight'	full	x
	'width', 'height'	full	x