Microsoft InfoPath
Screenshot of Microsoft InfoPath 2003
Maintainer:	Microsoft
Latest release:	2003 /
OS:	Microsoft Windows
Use:	XML-based form developer
License:	EULA
Website:	Microsoft Infopath Homepage

Microsoft Office Infopath is an application used to develop XML based user forms, first released as part of the Microsoft Office 2003 suite of programs in late 2003. The main feature of InfoPath is its ability to author and view XML documents with support for custom-defined XML schemas. It can connect to external systems using XML Web services through MSXML and the SOAP Toolkit, and back-end and middle-tier systems can be configured to communicate by using Web services standards such as SOAP, UDDI, and WSDL. Additionally, since InfoPath documents are XML based, it is possible to use data from external database sources to bind to form controls instead of InfoPath itself. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x742, 56 KB) Summary I took this screenshot. ... Software maintenance is one of the activities in software engineering, and is the process of enhancing and optimizing deployed software (software release), as well as remedying defects. ... Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT, SEHK: 4338) is an international computer technology corporation with 2005 global annual sales of close to $40 billion USD and about 64,000 employees in 85 countries and regions which develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of software products for computing devices. ... A software release is to create a new version of the system or program and release it to the user community. ... An operating system is a special computer program that manages the relationship between application software, the wide variety of hardware that makes up a computer system, and the user of the system. ... Microsoft Windows is a series of popular proprietary operating environments and operating systems created by Microsoft for use on personal computers and servers. ... The Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a W3C-recommended general-purpose markup language for creating special-purpose markup languages, capable of describing many different kinds of data. ... A software license is a type of proprietary or gratuitous license as well as a memorandum of contract between a producer and a user of computer software — sometimes called an End User License Agreement (EULA) — that specifies the perimeters of the permission granted by the owner to the user. ... A software license is a type of proprietary or gratiuitious license as well as a memorandum of contract between a producer and a user of computer software — sometimes called an End User License Agreement (EULA) — that specifies the perimeters of the permission granted by the owner to the user. ... The front page of the English Wikipedia Website. ... The Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a W3C-recommended general-purpose markup language for creating special-purpose markup languages, capable of describing many different kinds of data. ... Microsoft Office is a suite of productivity programs created by Microsoft and developed for Microsoft Windows and Apple Macintosh operating systems. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... SOAP is a protocol for exchanging XML-based messages over a computer network, normally using HTTP. SOAP forms the foundation layer of the Web services stack, providing a basic messaging framework that more abstract layers can build on. ... UDDI is an acronym for Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration – A platform-independent, XML-based registry for businesses worldwide to list themselves on the Internet. ... The Web Services Description Language (WSDL) is an XML format published for describing Web services. ...

External links

• Microsoft Infopath - 'Homepage'
• Office 2003: XML Reference Schemas - 'XSD and XSLT namespaces used by InfoPath'
• Understanding InfoPath