Re: [Bug 6811] New: [FT] Specification/Weights

Christian,

It was a deliberate choice.  We discussed it at great length and 
decided that it made more sense overall to have a know, but 
restricted, range of values instead of leaving it totally open.

Hope this helps,
    Jim

At 4/14/2009 02:45 PM, bugzilla@farnsworth.w3.org wrote:
>http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=6811
>
>            Summary: [FT] Specification/Weights
>            Product: XPath / XQuery / XSLT
>            Version: Candidate Recommendation
>           Platform: All
>         OS/Version: All
>             Status: NEW
>           Severity: normal
>           Priority: P2
>          Component: Full Text 1.0
>         AssignedTo: jim.melton@acm.org
>         ReportedBy: christian.gruen@gmail.com
>          QAContact: public-qt-comments@w3.org
>
>
>Hi all,
>
>a minor one: I noticed that the latest version of the specification allows
>arbitrary values for weight values. In section "3.1.1 Weights", weights are
>still limited to absolute values from 0-1000. Was this a deliberate 
>choice or a
>relict from the old rule?
>
>Christian
>
>
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