Hi Being a component based framework, tapestry should have no problem with the "concept" of nested forms even though it is not allowed in HTML. Nesting of components is fundamental to a component based framework and not being able to do so compels you to think outside the concept of components and then one has to think in terms of hacks and tricks and so on..
We don't need to have two nested form tags but we can have the second form tag replaced by a div and then use JavaScript to handle the partial submission. At the server end, validators have to be called only if the submission is from their own form.... Ofcourse implementation will not be an issue if everyone feels it as a requirement. Wicket does it and I think it is easy for tapestry as we have the concept of Environmental with us!! regards Taha