<s>
IBM	O
Forms	O
originally	O
used	O
Extensible	B-Language
Forms	I-Language
Description	I-Language
Language	I-Language
(	O
XFDL	B-Language
)	O
as	O
the	O
format	O
for	O
its	O
electronic	O
forms	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
has	O
gradually	O
added	O
XForms	B-Application
to	O
XFDL	B-Language
as	O
that	O
standard	O
has	O
matured	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IBM	O
Forms	O
Designer	O
provides	O
a	O
WYSIWYG	B-Application
environment	O
within	O
Eclipse	B-Application
for	O
designing	O
e-forms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IBM	O
Forms	O
Viewer	O
is	O
a	O
rich	B-Protocol
client	I-Protocol
that	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
interact	O
with	O
e-forms	O
online	O
and	O
offline	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IBM	O
Forms	O
was	O
originally	O
a	O
product	O
called	O
PureEdge	B-Application
Forms	I-Application
,	O
developed	O
by	O
PureEdge	B-Application
Solutions	O
based	O
in	O
Victoria	O
,	O
British	O
Columbia	O
,	O
Canada	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IBM	O
bought	O
PureEdge	B-Application
in	O
2005	O
and	O
renamed	O
the	O
technology	O
IBM	O
Workplace	O
Forms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2007	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
renamed	O
Lotus	B-Application
Forms	I-Application
,	O
starting	O
with	O
version	O
3.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1994	O
,	O
Lotus	O
Development	O
Corporation	O
introduced	O
Lotus	B-Application
Forms	I-Application
,	O
another	O
tool	O
for	O
creating	O
electronic	O
and	O
printed	O
forms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
1993	O
to	O
1998	O
,	O
PureEdge	B-Application
(	O
since	O
acquired	O
by	O
IBM	O
)	O
developed	O
the	O
Universal	O
Forms	O
Description	O
Language	O
(	O
UFDL	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
XFDL	B-Language
is	O
the	O
result	O
of	O
developing	O
an	O
XML	O
syntax	O
for	O
the	O
UFDL	O
,	O
thereby	O
permitting	O
the	O
expression	O
of	O
forms	O
in	O
a	O
syntax	O
that	O
promotes	O
application	O
interoperability	O
and	O
adherence	O
to	O
worldwide	O
Internet	O
standards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
version	O
of	O
XFDL	B-Language
was	O
published	O
as	O
a	O
W3C	O
Note	O
in	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
number	O
of	O
features	O
of	O
XFDL	B-Language
have	O
since	O
been	O
incorporated	O
into	O
a	O
W3C	O
Recommendation	O
called	O
XForms	B-Application
between	O
2003	O
and	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
