IBM Lotus Forms
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IBM Lotus Forms is a suite of products by IBM's Lotus Software division that interact to develop and deliver data-driven, XML-based electronic forms (e-forms) to end-users. Lotus Forms originally used Extensible Forms Description Language (XFDL) as the format for its electronic forms, but has gradually shifted to using XForms as that standard has matured.
There are three Lotus Forms products:
- Lotus Forms Server serves e-forms to web browsers and provides a platform to integrate e-forms with other business processes.
- Lotus Forms Designer provides a WYSIWYG environment within Eclipse for designing e-forms.
- Lotus Forms Viewer is a rich client that allows users to interact with e-forms online and offline.
Lotus Forms was originally a product called PureEdge Forms, developed by PureEdge Solutions based in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. IBM bought PureEdge in 2005 and renamed the technology IBM Workplace Forms.[1] In 2007, it was renamed Lotus Forms, starting with version 3.0.[2]
[edit] Previous incarnation of Lotus Forms
In 1994, Lotus Development Corporation introduced Lotus Forms[3], another tool for creating electronic and printed forms. It has no relation to the current IBM Lotus Forms product.
[edit] References
- ^ New IBM Workplace Forms ships with track record of millions served, billions saved, IBM Press Release, October 18, 2005. Accessed 2007-09-25
- ^ John Boyer, The Forms Products Get a Promotion, IBM Lotus Forms blog, IBM developerWorks. Accessed 2007-09-26.
- ^ Gary Hartman, Review of Lotus Forms Release 1.0 for Windows, PC Register, November 1994.
[edit] External links
- IBM Lotus Forms home page
- IBM Lotus Forms blog by John Boyer on IBM developerWorks
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