Getting started

One of the key ideas of skimming is to use standard interfaces provided by standard components. To start with the key component we want is an XML data store that can be accessed via HTTP and WebDAV; we will use this to store our data. We also need an XForms processor to execute our applications, and we'll use the same XML store to look after these forms. Finally, for development we need an XML editor, and a WebDAV client to allow us to talk to the XML data store.

There are many options but the ones that we'll use here to get us started quickly are:

• eXist;
• oXygen;
• Internet Explorer with Sidewinder and formsPlayer or Firefox with the XForms Plug-in.