Luca Morandini wrote:
> Nicola,
>
> for all our abstractions and wondereful paper machines, the naked truth is
> that the web is geared toward presenting documents, not implementing
> applications.
And X is for displaying graphics, not running apps.
But Cocoon is not as an X server, it does create applications.
> The page structure of HTML has nothing to do with Business Object or
> Business Rules or other abstractions... but we should deal with it.
>
> Therefore, let's just try to centralize transitions amongst pages, like the
> sitemap has done with URI matching and dispatching. Just implementing this
> feature will be a giant step forward.
How can you define transitions without logic?
Transitions are based on rules.
Rules come from algorithms that operate on the model.
Thus, you need
> BTW, I'd like a declarative implementation, rather than using a script
> language.
If flowmaps are page transitions it could be.
But it's intriguing to think that the javascript flowmaps can be an easy
way to make webapps... hmmm...
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Nicola Ken Barozzi [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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(discussions get forgotten, just code remains)
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