In this first meet-up of the XForms User Group, Mark Birbeck will look at what XForms are, and why they are useful in a range of situations -- from web applications, to XRX applications, to desktop applications. In particular he'll explain the MVC architecture of XForms, and illustrate why it is the next generation of web applications.

There will also be an 'open' slot, where anyone can show anything from demos and interesting ideas, to intractable problems.

There'll be lots of opportunity for questions, both before and after we go to the pub, so if you're working with XForms, thinking of working in XForms, or just want to hear some new ideas in the field of user interfaces, then we'd love to see you here.