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- Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 17:32:01 +0000
- To: www-xml-schema-comments@w3.org
Ashok quoted and commented: > For decimal, the canonical representation says it excludes leading > zeros, which would suggest that the canonical representation of "0.1" is > ".1". Is that intended? > AM>> The canonical representation now requires at least one digit > AM>> to the right and the left of the decimal point so the canonical > AM>> representation is 1.0 Hopefully this is going to be fixed so it is a valid canonical representation and does not add the incorrect 0. For details, and a suggested canonical representation which does not lose essential information about decimal values, see my post at: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-xml-schema-comments/2000OctDec/0430.html - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mike Cowlishaw, IBM Fellow mailto:mfc@uk.ibm.com -- http://www2.hursley.ibm.com
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