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trademark, document use and software licensing rules apply. This document presents a description of the architecture, concepts, processing model, and terminology underlying XForms, the next generation Web forms. Except as noted, it represents the current consensus of the Working Group. "XForms " is W3C's name for a specification of Web forms that can be used with a wide variety of platforms of varying capabilities, for instance, desktop computers, television sets, personal digital assistants, cell phones, computer peripherals and even paper. Status of this document This section describes the status of this document at the time of its publication. Other documents may supersede this document. The latest status of this document series is maintained at the W3C. This is a Working Draft that incorporates decisions made at the Working Group's October 2000 face to face meeting, and is being released to the public to encourage feedback and comments. This Working Draft is the latest version in a document series previously named XForms 1.0 Data Model. The Working Group decided to change the name from XForms 1.0 Data Model into XForms 1.0 as of this version based on feedback the Working Group received from previous Working Drafts. This document is a W3C Working Draft for review by W3C members and other interested parties. It is a draft document and may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by other documents at any time. It is inappropriate to use W3C Working Drafts as reference material or to cite them as other than "work in progress". A list of current public W3C Working Drafts can be found a