Ashok, > We are trying to get away from indeterminate comparisons. Our > attempt is to deprecate 'duration' and have users use two totally > ordered subtypes of duration called 'yearMonthDuration' and > 'dayTimeDuration'. Yes, I understand that and I've read that part of the F&O WD. I think that decision is completely wrong-headed -- absolutely horrendous, actually -- which is why I'm commenting on it. I thought that was the point of making working drafts public and inviting people to review them. I don't think that it's XQuery/XPath's job to dictate what data types people use in their schemas, and I think that attempts to do so are likely end in failure and frustration, mostly for those people who are unfortunate enough to have to work with it. I think more effort should be made thinking about what people *do* want to do or *might* want to do, and less trying to dictate what they *should* want to do. Cheers, Jeni --- Jeni Tennison http://www.jenitennison.com/Received on Thursday, 9 May 2002 14:47:16 UTC
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