This short description is about the work of XForms. Before talking about XForms it's important to understand the concept of forms. Forms are to collect the data so we should not get surprised if we say XForms is basically depending on instance data. Instance data are these data which are based on XML. The data are defined in the terms of XPath's internal tree illustration and dispensation of XML.
It may look odd at first to relate XPath with XForms. However, XPath is the well-known as the ordinary layer between XSLT and XPointer. Since XForms
Uche Ogbuji wrote a good article on XML.com here is a summary: "I’m still getting my Weblogger profile here updated, but this year I transitioned from one company I co-founded to another. Zepheira provides data architecture solutions, with a focus on semantic technology. I was early on the Semantic Web bandwagon, and I almost fell off at one point because I felt the useful, modest ideas at the core had been overrun by an academic brand of technological megalomania. This year I felt the timing was right to not only renew my interest in the technology,
The Web Consortium's XML Linking working group is developing specifications to enable more advanced hypertext functionality on the Web: in particular fine-grained anchors, external annotation, and bi-directional links. This paper examines basic goals and approaches; describes HTML linking limitations XML Linking seeks to overcome; and surveys the Working Group's primary specifications: XPath, XPointer, and XLink. As of this writing, the last two, while well advanced, are not final recommendations, and so are subject to change. Consult the W3C Web site
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