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In article <1993Jan6.091326.14930@nuscc.nus.sg> bernd@melon.iss.nus.sg (Bernd Nordhausen) writes:
>
>I am in the process of writing DTD's for forms, eg. tax forms, application
>forms, etc.  I think SGML is ideal for representing forms as form in SGML 
>will be more structured, and can be better queried. However, there are some 
>interesting questions that arise.
>
>For example,  when one designs several forms, should each form have a 
>separate DTD, or should you have one general DTD with each separate 
>form an instance of that DTD?
>
I've had the same idea, as a matter of fact, an RFP came out last year where
using SGML to answer the forms design part would've been perfect. Unfortunately
we decided not to bid the thing.

Anyway, I think you wouldn't need a DTD for each specific form. A single DTD
could support a whole group of related forms. The thing I'm curious about is
what software you'll use to process the SGML encoded forms. I don't know of any
COTS package that does this, so you'll probably have to write something.

If you know of COTS software that'll support SGML based forms, I'd like to hear 
about it.

 
Larry Beck