The following introduction is an excerpt from the documentation.
WebCA is a framework which allows users easy and fast creation of Channel Access (CA) Clients using web browsers. Users create CA clients by composing WebCA components in XML ([3]) syntax and adding them to a HTML document or a standalone XML document called CAML document. The CAML document is validated against XML Schema ([4]). This concept expunges errors in CAML document. The resulting XML document, which is either a HTML document with WebCa components (CAML components) or CAML document, is then transformed by web browser using XSL Transformation (XSLT [5]) into HTML powered by JavaScript. Web browser must have NPCA plugin [1] installed.
WebCA was tested on the following web browsers:
| OS | Browser | Version | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAC OS X Leopard | Safari | 3.0.4 | WebKit nightly build was used due to SVG render problems. |
| Firefox | 2.0.0.11 | SVG render problems. | |
| Firefox | 3 beta 2 | ||
| Camino | 1.5.3 | Same SVG problems as Firefox 2.0.0.11 ( due to Gecko engine) | |
| Windows XP SP2 | Firefox | 2.0.0.10 | |
| Safari | 3.0.4 | WebKit r28899 was used due to SVG render problems. | |
| Linux (SL 4) | Firefox | 2.0.0.9 |
[1]: NPCA plugin api documentation, Cosylab, 2007 (http://webca.cosylab.com/) [2]: WebCA design document, Cosylab, 2007 [3]: Extensible Markup Language (XML) http://www.w3.org/XML/ [4]: XML Schema http://www.w3.org/XML/Schema [5]: XSL Transformations, http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt