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Mozilla Foundation announces XForms development project

Novell, IBM join in effort to implement W3C’s XForms recommendation

August 11, 2004, (Mountain View, CA). The Mozilla Foundation, in collaboration with Novell and IBM, today announced the formation of a project to implement the W3C’s XForms 1.0 Recommendation. XForms is the forms module in XHTML 2, developed by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), which enables developers to deliver the type of next-generation, rich, portable web-based applications desired by corporate IT.

XForms 1.0 follows on the success of HTML forms and will provide sophisticated forms technology for future XHTML-based applications. XForms combines the ability to separate purpose, presentation, and results with the Extensible Markup Language (XML). XForms is key to realizing the vision of a future where people can access information online on any device–and do everything from shopping and banking to checking their e-mail or calendar. Using XForms, an enterprise can ensure increased accessibility of electronic web transactions in order to meet Federal Accessibility Guidelines as mandated by Section 508.

LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE PROJECT

For more information about the Mozilla XForms implementation, please visit the project page at http://www.mozilla.org/projects/xforms.

ABOUT THE MOZILLA FOUNDATION

Established in July 2003 with start-up support from America Online’s Netscape division, the Mozilla Foundation exists to provide organizational, legal, and financial support for the Mozilla open source software project. The Foundation is based in Mountain View, California and is the heir to the great legacy and tradition of the Internet’s first widely used browser, Netscape.

SUPPORTING MOZILLA

Individuals and companies from around the world support the Mozilla Foundation through voluntary contributions of time, money and resources. To discover how you or your company can join in and help support Mozilla, please send mail to donations@mozilla.org.

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