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In article <BsKG5z.8L0@world.std.com>edwards@world.std.com writes:

>Are there any standards (defacto or dejure) for specifying the representation
>of forms? I define a form as a structured document, which
>contains various editable fields in a matrix of constant text. A 3270 screen
>is a degenerate case of a form (and 3270 data stream is one standard for
>representing such simplistic forms). ANSI FIMS generalizes this, but my
>impression is that this is a 'private' standard of DEC and is being otherwise
>ignored. A more modern approach to forms would be as a sort of compound
>document. Most word processors can build forms, but these are in their
>proprietary formats (I guess that means Wordperfect (gag) files are a
>candidate defacto standard).

If you count EDI (electronic data interchange), there's X12 and
EDIFACT.  This si usually interenterprise communication where it
is literally at the enterprise level.  That is, it is NOT
different indiviuals in different enterprises communicating.  It
is used for supplier to vendor and venor to customer
communication. 

The EMA (Electronic Messaging Association--X.400 oriented) has
created standards for directory interchange as part of email, and
now is working on calendaring interchange.  These are really
forms of form interchange.  You might want to contact them.  I
don't know their address.

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>Jonathan Edwards                edwards@intranet.com
>IntraNet, Inc.                  617-527-7020

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