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by larma 1673 days ago
HTTP would be fine as well, you could GET an XML with the form to fill and POST the XML with form data.

But: - HTTP forms might be less flexible when it is about structured data. - HTML needs a complex renderer software

Remember that this stuff might need to work on low resource devices and over low bandwidth connections.
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mattbk1 1673 days ago
Sounds similar to WinLink forms on ham radio, used to make sending structured data easier: https://www.winlink.org/WinlinkExpressForms
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dragontamer 1672 days ago
I happen to have been an avid user of the Lynx web browser. A long time ago yes but I still remember it.

HTML forms are pretty flexible and could be designed in a low CPU environment.

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