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opened 2025-09-22 18:17:00 -04:00 by nick · 0 comments

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2025-09-22 18:17:00 -04:00

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Many procedures call for the generation of records by filling in forms. Choose a tech where the forms can be defined.

Goals:

They shall be able to be filled in electronically or on paper to produce records
They should be able to be validated to avoid incomplete or otherwise non-compliant records

Common options include:

Manually-created PDF form
Dumb docx files with spaces to fill in
Smarter docx files with fields included
HTML forms in specialized web site/web app
Procedurally-generated PDF form based on a schema (e.g. JSON Schema)
- pdf-lib
Database entry form via a low-code DB system (Airtable, nocodb, Access, Django Admin, directus, budibase)
Forms in specialized procedure software (e.g. nextaxiom)

Records shall be a PDF and/or structured data (e.g. yaml, json, database).

While commercial options are likely the most polished, an open-source compatible options is required for the starter kit.

Many procedures call for the generation of records by filling in forms. Choose a tech where the forms can be defined. Goals: * They shall be able to be filled in electronically or on paper to produce records * They should be able to be validated to avoid incomplete or otherwise non-compliant records Common options include: * Manually-created PDF form * Dumb docx files with spaces to fill in * Smarter docx files with fields included * HTML forms in specialized web site/web app * Procedurally-generated PDF form based on a schema (e.g. [JSON Schema](https://json-schema.org/)) * [pdf-lib](https://github.com/cantoo-scribe/pdf-lib/tree/master) * Database entry form via a low-code DB system (Airtable, [nocodb](https://www.nocodb.com/), Access, Django Admin, [directus](https://directus.io/), [budibase](https://budibase.com/)) * Forms in specialized procedure software (e.g. [nextaxiom](https://nextaxiom.com/)) Records shall be a PDF and/or structured data (e.g. yaml, json, database). While commercial options are likely the most polished, an open-source compatible options is required for the starter kit.