RE: I18N of numeric and datetime types

Hi Eric,

With forms, most often the concern is to allow user-entry of numbers and
dates and times (etc.) in a locally acceptable format. In XForms, this is
handled by the form controls; their job is to gather the input from the user
and insert it into the instance data as a valid lexical XML Schema
datatypes.

Examples:
User (in Germany) types "1,23" but "1.23" gets inserted into the instance
data tree.

User picks a date from a calendar control, but "2002-02-17" gets inserted...

Like XML Schema itself, there is little control over localizing at the
lexical level (though you could do some hacking with regular expressions...)

Thanks,

.micah

-----Original Message-----
From: Eric van der Vlist [mailto:vdv@dyomedea.com]
Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2002 5:25 AM
To: www-forms@w3.org
Subject: I18N of numeric and datetime types


Hi,

Sorry if it's a FAQ, but is there any support for localizing W3C XML 
Schema datatypes such as the numerical and date time types?

Thanks

Eric
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