[Bug 2853] RQ-28 Allow scientific notation for decimals (scientific-notn)

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=2853

           Summary: RQ-28 Allow scientific notation for decimals
                    (scientific-notn)
           Product: XML Schema
           Version: 1.1 only
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Keywords: resolved
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: Datatypes: XSD Part 2
        AssignedTo: cmsmcq@w3.org
        ReportedBy: cmsmcq@w3.org
         QAContact: www-xml-schema-comments@w3.org


This issue was originally reported by Mike Cowlishaw.

Allow scientific notation for decimals.

See
http://www.w3.org/2000/12/xmlschema-crcomments.html#scientific-decimals: CR-23.

Our comment of
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-xml-schema-comments/2001JanMar/0298:
March 2001: "There is sentiment in the WG towards allowing some form
of exponential notation for decimals in future, but it would be
explicit in instances (e.g. value=-3E-10'), not implicit in type
definitions."

This item was discussed in the meeting of 2004-04-01
(http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/w3c-xml-schema-ig/2004Apr/0003.html).
Phase 1 discussion was closed, because this item will succeed or fail
with RQ-031.

This requirement was met by the inclusion of the precisionDecimal datatype
in XML Schema 1.1.

Received on Saturday, 11 February 2006 01:42:51 UTC