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- Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 16:33:10 +0000
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http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=11531
Summary: precisionDecimal terminology
Product: XML Schema
Version: 1.1 only
Platform: PC
OS/Version: Windows NT
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: P2
Component: Datatypes: XSD Part 2
AssignedTo: David_E3@VERIFONE.com
ReportedBy: mike@saxonica.com
QAContact: www-xml-schema-comments@w3.org
CC: cmsmcq@blackmesatech.com
There is a mismatch between the terminology of XSD 1.1 part 2 regarding
precisionDecimal, and the terminology of IEEE 754 - 2008. In particular, the
term "precision" is used in a quite different way. In XSD 1.1 it is used to
mean (essentially) the exponent when the significand is treated as an integer,
while in IEEE it is used to mean the (maximum) number of digits in the
significand.
See http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/w3c-xml-schema-ig/2010Dec/0006.html
(member only) for further details.
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