An Onion of Documents and Metadata

D. Matthew Kelleher - Y-12 - Paper

Must create an electronic inspection form using XML....But it must be usable by floor shop managers, look the same as the current forms, and be able to run out to HTML, back into XML, and then out again to PDF.

But it is not just the XML file, but it is also things like image, HTML, transform files, etc. So all this had to be packaged together.

They used a Arbortext due to the interface ease of use for non-XML users.

Workflow- Online Form collects data into a XML data file which is merged into an XML file and then output to the final document.

Next Steps: need to handle form management and automatic generation of HTML. Data validation and entry need to be improved. And of course, train the users....which is ALWAYS a challenge.