Why PDF eForms:

PDF is an Open Standard, not a proprietary file format. PDF's strict enforcement of security is trusted by firewalls and corporate systems worldwide ensuring your forms will be accessible. Above all your customers or users can fill, verify, submit and save their forms using the Free Adobe Reader which is installed on over 97% of all computers worldwide.

What are Dynamic PDF XML Forms:

Dynamic XML forms are based on the open W3C XForms standard. This makes them highly portable across both operating systems and applications. xDox use the Adobe LiveCycle ES forms designer to create and publish these forms as PDF files which makes them compatible with the Free Adobe Reader version 7 and later.

Using our xFormServer© solution you can receive and process dynamic PDF XML forms from the free Adobe Reader - without needing Adobe Reader Extensions licenses.

What Can Dynamic PDF XML Forms Do:

• Everything that traditional PDF AcroForms can do - PLUS
• Dynamically expand or contract the size of input fields to accommodate the amount of text entered.
• Create extra fields or sections to allow users to enter as many responses required..
• Show or hide content in response to the information entered or the state of the form in a process.
• Create additional page or form sections from data either merged or entered into the form.
• Integrate directly into XML based processes.
• Be rendered on-demand in either PDF or HTML format to suit the capabilities of the users client application.
• Be rendered as Flash for use on PDA's and mobile devices.

Benefits

• Reduce form cycle time and increase data quality
• Produce intelligent XML-based PDF files that automatically initiate or more effectively support business processes
• Design more intelligent forms with embedded business logic that facilitate business process automation
• Maintain the appearance and integrity of PDF files using digital signatures, automatic archiving, and more
• Output tagged Adobe PDF files that automatically reflow for different display devices, and that ensure accessibility for users with visual and other impairments
• eForms can be archived for record retention (regulated industries), fraud prevention, and audit trails
  

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Additional Information:

• Adobe PDF and the Adobe XML architecture

  "The architecture takes full advantage of XML by presenting the data in Adobe® Portable Document Format (PDF) for reliable sharing, rich viewing, and interacting with the Adobe Acrobat® family, Adobe Reader® software, and Adobe server products. In addition, the architecture makes it possible to link arbitrary XML schemas to forms. The form data can be easily exported, according to the schema, as an XML file, via Web services using Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) or directly into databases. The XML schemas for PDF forms can be industry-standard vertical vocabularies (such as eGov, ACORD, and HL7) or custom schemas developed internally."

• W3C Interaction Domain

  "XForms is a markup language that addresses the modern needs of electronic forms. It is based on XML and can deliver the collected values as an XML document. It addresses questions of authorability, usability, accessibility, device independence, internationalisation, integration into different host languages, and reducing the need for scripting."

• IEEE Computer Society

  "Fully functional E-forms can be prepared and maintained for a fraction of the price of a bespoke Web design. Based on a combination of the knowledge of the real meaning of data and metadata, XML and the Web, and object oriented technology"

• The Adobe XML architecture

  "The Adobe XML architecture is a common framework for all Adobe applications that enables developers to extend business processes within and beyond corporate firewalls. Through support for XML within Intelligent Documents, enterprises can generate interactive forms, capture new or modify existing user data directly in forms, and integrate form data into core business systems."