that idea about the HTML time element

Jeni,

I hope all is well with you.

Almost a year ago, you raised issue 14881 Support for datatypes used
by HTML <time> element [1], inquiring about improving support in XSD
for the date, time, and duration formats defined in HTML 5.

As I wrote you at the time [2], the timing made it difficult (or
rather, impossible) to add a new type to XSD 1.1, but the XML Schema
WG had a certain interest in defining a type, or a family of types,
for the purpose, both in the form of an extension type which
processors could optionally support and in the form of one or more
fallback types which any processor would support but which would not
have quite the value space one might wish for.

The ensuing discussion seems to have made clear that some in the HTML
5 effort thought the exercise pointless, and no one was particularly
interested in undertaking the necessary work in collaboration with the
XML Schema WG.  The XML Schema WG in turn didn't feel it had the
resources (or the familiarity with the ins and outs of HTML 5 and its
approach to specification of document types) to undertake the work on
its own.

When it looked as if the idea was a non-starter, I took an action to
send you email to summarize the situation as the XML Schema WG saw it,
and ask you if you think we are mistaken and that there is interest
after all in collaboration on an appropriate family of datatypes.
This email, late though it is, is my effort to clear that action.

I'm going to mark the bug resolved / later, to record the WG's
conviction that such types might well be a good idea, but that we are
not in a position to create them now.  You can signal that you are
satisfied with the resolution of the issue (or if not exactly
satisfied, then at least not inclined to lie down in the road over it)
by closing the issue, or that you are not satisfied by re-opening the
issue.  If we don't hear from you in some reasonable period of time
(we usually say two weeks, but it's more likely to be the end of the
year in this case), we will assume you are content to let the matter
drop and we will close the bug ourselves.

best regards,

Michael

[1] https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=14881
[2] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-xml-schema-comments/2011OctDec/0042.html

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