UnaMesa has indeed been working on using TiddlyWiki for data collection, building on the original work done by Eric for the UnaMesa Academy application. For the purpose of the Academy, as I think you're aware, the filled out form was sent to an email address and the data collected that way. Since then we've been focusing on putting together a more automated mechanism for aggregating data from TiddlyWiki forms.
We're at a stage now where we are trying to better understand what kind of use cases these forms need to cover. Rather than base this on theoretical assumptions, I'd very much like to hear from anyone interested in using TiddlyWiki based forms for data collection as to what kind of work flow would work for you. It is my hope that we can work together on this to develop a solution that meets your needs. The kind of things that would be helpful to know are: How would you like to use TiddlyWiki based forms? More specifically, how would you distribute them (email attachment? link to a web page?)? How would you want the data aggregated? (all in one TiddlyWiki? one TiddlyWiki per user filling out the form?) Who should have access to the data collected? (only you, you and the person filling out the form etc.) Chris Dent has been leading the work on this, utilizing TiddlyWeb to create a sharing and aggregation solution for TiddlyWiki based forms. Due to the nature of TiddlyWiki, forms can be filled out online or offline, and later synchronized with the server for aggregation purposes. Some of the goals for this work are: * Be able to offer digital equivalents of paper-based forms * Allow forms to be filled out online or offline * Aggregation of form data in an automated manner * Allow interoperability with other form formats, e.g.: XML based. * provide a form creator that allows creation of forms without having to write HTML * create a forms library with templates for different kinds of forms * Facilitate different user scenarios and needs with regards to who should have access to the form data. (We strongly believe that both the person creating and sending out the form, and the person filling it out should have access to their data.) More information: *Very early demo: http://peermore.com:9998/forms/0bd6a30e-fddd-4564-99d9-d56f69e7e326 (test/foo for user/pass) ** which can use forms templates generated by this form builder: http://javascript.neyric.com/inputex/inputExBuilder/inputExBuilder.html *Technical write up by Chris of the current prototype: http://forms.unamesa.org/Server+Side+Prototype *Different user/authentication scenarios: http://forms.unamesa.org/Authentication+scenarios *Alternative demo using the UM Academy application form: http://peermore.com:9999/recipes/test1/tiddlers.wiki Note that these demos may be difficult to follow without guidance. I'll post a proper demo with a walk-through in about a week's time (in a new thread). Feel free to ask questions in the meantime. Cheers, Saq --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To post to this group, send email to TiddlyWiki@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tiddlywiki+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/TiddlyWiki?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
