- From: Ashok Malhotra <ashokma@microsoft.com>
- Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 05:18:37 -0800
- To: "Ross Thompson" <ross@contivo.com>, "W3C XML Schema Comments list" <www-xml-schema-comments@w3.org>
Ross: Take a look at E2-23 in the errata. This restricts the lexical form of duration components to arbitrary *unsigned* integers, etc. All the best, Ashok -----Original Message----- From: Ross Thompson [mailto:ross@contivo.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 4:59 PM To: W3C XML Schema Comments list Subject: Duration lexical form? I can't confirm this hasn't already been mentioned, since there is no 2E yet for part 2. However, in reading 1E, I see the following: Section 3.2.6.1, second paragraph The values of the Year, Month, Day, Hour and Minutes components are not restricted but allow an arbitrary integer. Similarly, the value of the Seconds component allows an arbitrary decimal. Thus, the lexical representation of duration does not follow the alternative format of 5.5.3.2.1 of [ISO 8601]. Arbitrary integer? So, like -3? I see nothing that prohibits P12Y4M-3D except in the last paragraph of this subsection, which is too chatty to feel normative. Should the first two quoted sentences above prose not read The values of the Year, Month, Day, Hour and Minutes components are not restricted but allow an arbitrary __non-negative__ integer. Similarly, the value of the Seconds component allows an arbitrary __non-negative__ decimal. ? - Roß --- Dyslexics untie!
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