- From: Jeni Tennison <jeni@jenitennison.com>
- Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 10:24:27 -0400 (EDT)
- To: "Ashok Malhotra" <ashokma@microsoft.com>
- CC: public-qt-comments@w3.org, "xsl-editors" <xsl-editors@w3.org>
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/
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