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formsfourni

Formsfourni is a term used in digital forms management to denote the collection of forms that have been provided by a user for processing or submission. The word blends English form(s) with the French past participle fourni, meaning "provided." It is not a standard term in international standards bodies, but it appears in multilingual software documentation and some open-source projects to distinguish user-submitted forms from predefined templates.

In typical usage, a formsfourni record represents a single instance of a user-submitted form or a batch

Origins of the term are informal; it appears in some multilingual software documentation and varies by platform.

See also: form submission, form template, document management system, data validation, workflow automation.

of
such
forms.
It
may
include
metadata
such
as
form_id,
batch_id,
the
identifier
of
the
submitting
user,
a
timestamp,
and
a
payload
containing
the
filled
fields.
The
payload
is
often
structured
as
a
map
of
field
names
to
values,
along
with
optional
data
types
and
validation
hints.
Formsfourni
is
commonly
used
in
API
contracts
and
data
processing
pipelines
to
separate
the
handling
of
submitted
data
from
predefined
templates.
It
supports
workflows
where
submitted
forms
are
validated,
routed
for
review,
or
used
to
populate
documents.
Critics
note
that
nonstandard
terms
can
cause
confusion
in
global
teams,
while
proponents
value
a
concise
way
to
express
user-submitted
content.