

XFDL:Extensible Forms Description Language.E-Forms Combined with Portal Workflow Workflow IBM WebSphere Portal Supports End - to - EndForms Processes Using IBM Lotus Forms LotusForms Designer PortalDocumentManager LotusForms Server WebSphere Portal Extend Customers Customers Employees Employees Fill - out, sign, andsubmit formsForms Viewer (XML)plug - in for full fidelityor HTML view option Developers Pixel - perfectforms Developers Pixel - perfectforms Form approvalworkflow tasks Store and retrieveform templates, aswell as completedforms Formtemplate Formtemplate Completed form Completed form Approved form Approved form 7. Real-time personalization, with colors and graphics pertinent to the particular userĦ.Real-time value calculation (updating totals, counts, conditional logic, context-sensitive help text, etc.).

Real-time field validation and formatting.Presents customers with a dynamic, interactive interface.Without expensive and time-consuming programming.Enables creation of dynamic, rich Web 2.0 e-Forms.Used to provide data to pre-populate forms, collect data into forms, and process data collected by forms.A software design and development structure used to loosely associate existing web services, or web services built upon extensions of existing applications, to support business requirements.A framework applied across organizational boundaries to bring people, information and processes together at one access point.Use form content, both generated and user entered, as a means to guide a business process flowģ.Reduce inventory costs by providing most recent versions of forms online, including partial forms completion and real-time validation and user help.Automate maintenance of a paper trail, recording and controlling data transmission from step to step within a process, as well as adding digital signature capabilities.Overcome the need for specialized designers and a wide variety of design tools with a built-in forms design environment supporting IDE and SOA development concepts.Information is based on best available resources. IBM Lotus Forms The Quick, Secured Way to Process Improvement and Paper Use Reduction 2007, Strategic Focus Market Research, LLC.All rights reserved.
