Patent ID: 7451392
Filing Date: 2008-11-11
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving an instruction to open an eXtensible Markup Language (XML) document; searching the XML document to locate a processing instruction (PI) containing a href attribute that points to a URL; discovering a solution using the URL in the PI; opening the XML document with the solution, wherein: executing the XSLT presentation application to render a Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) electronic form containing data-entry fields associated with the coupled portions; receiving, through one or more of the data-entry fields, data input by a user; validating the data input by the user with one or more of a plurality of validation rules, each of the one or more plurality of validation rules corresponding to one of said data-entry fields through which data is input by the user, each said validation rule: if the act of validating determines that the data input by the user is invalid, outputting indicia informing the user that the data input is invalid.