The OMB Form 300 Solution from Microsoft is a simple-to-use tool for government agencies to help non-technical users create, edit, and e-mail capital planning business cases. The solution, which is based on Microsoft Office InfoPath 2003, works in accordance with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 300 Extensible Markup Language (XML) schema. BenefitsMicrosoft technology allows agencies to interact seamlessly and share critical information. The benefits include the following: | • | Uses Microsoft Office InfoPath 2003 as an authoring and submission tool. | | • | Allows generation of Form 300 in XML format. | | • | Provides the look of A-11 guidance, which can be sent by e-mail to OMB. |
OverviewInfoPath is a hybrid tool that combines the best of traditional word processors and e-mail applications with rigorous data-capture capabilities of a forms-creation package. InfoPath is a high-level XML authoring tool that enables end users to create XML documents based on a custom XML schema. Modifications to a document are controlled by the XML schema. The user works with the XML document through a rich, formatted view linked to an (Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformation) XSLT style sheet. A leaf node, or attribute value from the XML document, is displayed as fields, such as a text box or check box, while a hierarchy of nodes is rendered as a group of fields. InfoPath provides validated, structured editing of XML data by showing the valid editing actions for the field or field group that is currently selected making it very easy for end users to construct valid XML documents based on a user-defined schema. Next StepsTo start using the InfoPath OMB Form 300 Solution, take the following steps: More InformationFor more information about the InfoPath OMB Form 300 Solution, please contact us.
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