- From: Dan Connolly <connolly@w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 09 May 2000 15:34:51 -0500
- To: Peter Canning <canning@vitria.com>
- CC: xmlschema-dev@w3.org
Peter Canning wrote:
> [...]
> Are implementations required to
> support arbitrarily large values for the "min occurs" property?
Yes, per the current draft as written.
> If not
> what are they required to support?
>
> The similar situation obviously occurs for string valued properties, and
> probably for others
>
> It would be helpful if the specification gave some guidance in the
> requirements for conformance is these kinds of areas.
Actually, we're hoping the implementors will inform the specification,
at this point:
NOTE: The use of arbitrary precision
decimal numbers, including all datatypes
derived from decimal (e.g., integer) in this
design impacts the implementation of
schema processors in a number of places:
checking maxLength constraints on strings,
for example. It may impact interchange
between XML schemas and programming
languages, databases, etc.
Our design discussions did not reveal
convincing evidence of undue burden
because of arbitrary precision decimal
numbers in this design, but we welcome
further input from implementors.
-- http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/WD-xmlschema-2-20000407/#decimal
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Dan Connolly, W3C http://www.w3.org/People/Connolly/
Received on Tuesday, 9 May 2000 16:39:01 UTC