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Subject: Re: SV: [ubl-dev] Simple ODF/XForms (OOo2/SO8) for UBL 1.0Invoice
Hi Bryan Mmm.. I'll think about what else might be relevant to straightforward XForms. I like the OOo2 XForms because of availability of software. The issue of use of the formsplayer addin (which would mean adding the relevant object declaration to the XForms) is the limitations it has on browser versions. In OOo2 the XForms implementation is at an early stage though so there is an obvious place for pure XForms for browsers too (just a different set of limitations). Maybe we should beg someone like Google to produce a set of AJAX 'forms' too. They would use the same kind of HTTP request with an XML body as OOo. I'm not sure if other XForms implementations use the same. It would be good if all the implementations used the same (XmlHttpRequest equivalent) so that server-side code can handle each and every request the same way (such as reading the 'request' into something like DOM). In UK Gov we have something called the e-Government Interoperability Framework which seems to suggest all this, though the architecture could do with refinement and usability as well as better tool support since it is a clear divergence from or strain on the traditional HTML form architecture which still has the mainstream support. How about an easy way to convert to PDF from the XForm - again OOo2 may here have an edge (though the option to create PDF without input boxes would be a useful addition and negate the need to produce separate readonly forms). There's a gap from XForms to PDF in browsers perhaps. An easy link to an output form suitable for saving to an (x)html file or printing, perhaps allowing a received UBL file to be printed or saved as XHTML might help a lot. All the best Steve PS just seeing your other posting, would Danish Gov think of having OCR read printed UBL? >>> Bryan Rasmussen <brs@itst.dk> 23/12/05 09:07:48 >>> Hi Stephen I'm supposed to be taking over from Micah Dubinko on the mapping of UBL to Xforms via OO, so it could be that I'll have some questions, additions to this over the next coming time. I suppose the two points you mention below: the need to have more than 10 lines, and to strip out empty content are the most obviously important. Any other things you see as being important to add to the solution. Cheers, Bryan Rasmussen -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: Stephen Green [mailto:stephen_green@seventhproject.co.uk] Sendt: 22. december 2005 14:13 Til: ubl-dev@lists.oasis-open.org Emne: Re: [ubl-dev] Simple ODF/XForms (OOo2/SO8) for UBL 1.0 Invoice Please note that if you open these forms from the web archive they will need the filename extensions changing to .odt Also, if you have unix/linux you'll need to change the target filepath/url for the submission and the same change for the linked file of the readonly form. At present both point to file:///c:/invoice.xml <file:///c:/invoice.xml> so they could be changed to something like file:///home/invoice.xml <file:///home/invoice.xml> (not quite sure if this is correct). It should be possible to create a simple UBL 1.0 Invoice with one form (saved locally) then use the other form to read it (from where it is saved) and convert it to pdf (OpenOffice 2 and Star Office 8 have this facility). Then either or both as appropriate could be sent say by email (for micro/small businesses this might be OK - please don't blame me if it isn't) as attachments and/or imported somehow into a finance system or spreadsheet (perhaps with an office product macro, say). Note that the first form, if used to directly create a pdf, will in OOo2/SO8, produce a form that can be edited before printing and this would be unacceptably risky for sending as an Invoice. Again, please accept that the use of the forms is at users own risk. All the best Stephen Green PS Really loved Juha's UBL greeting customisation! Peace and Goodwill to all - And y'all Love the Almighty back with all you've got! ----- Original Message ----- From: Stephen Green <mailto:stephen_green@seventhproject.co.uk> To: ubl-dev@lists.oasis-open.org <mailto:ubl-dev@lists.oasis-open.org> Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 7:07 PM Subject: [ubl-dev] Simple ODF/XForms (OOo2/SO8) for UBL 1.0 Invoice Folks, Just in time for the holidays I've produced (for 'Open Source Academy' but anyone can use them if you do so at your own risk) a couple of forms, one for input, the other for reading and exporting to PDF, to produce crude but possible useful UBL 1.0 invoices. They would probably suit a micro business and illustrate the ODF/XForms combination used in OpenOffice 2 and StarOffice 8. Please forgive the ultra-simplicity (there are just 10 lines and I couldn't yet find a way to not output lines when they are void of data). I'd welcome feedback so I can improve these (again as part of some open source work). I hope the archive can accept the attachments, sorry if this doesn't work - please ignore this email then and I'll try another way later. All the best and happy holidays. Stephen Green _____ --------------------------------------------------------------------- This publicly archived list supports open discussion on implementing the UBL OASIS Standard. To minimize spam in the archives, you must subscribe before posting. [Un]Subscribe/change address: http://www.oasis-open.org/mlmanage/ Alternately, using email: list-[un]subscribe@lists.oasis-open.org List archives: http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/ubl-dev/ Committee homepage: http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/ubl/ List Guidelines: http://www.oasis-open.org/maillists/guidelines.php Join OASIS: http://www.oasis-open.org/join/
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