System and method for creating and using temporary data storage in an Xforms application

摘要

A system and method for enabling the use of temporary data in an XForms application without requiring the data to be included in the application's instance data. An XForms author includes an extension element in an XForms markup document. The extension element describes element and attributes of desired temporary instance data. The temporary data can be read and written as normal XForms instance data. The temporary data may or may not be serialized, depending on whether exposure to an external data consumer is or is not desired.