[XML Schema 1.1] Why is it called precisionDecimal? Why isn't it called precisionFloat? Or precisionDouble?

• From: Costello, Roger L. <costello@mitre.org>
• Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:21:27 -0400
• To: "xmlschema-dev@w3.org" <xmlschema-dev@w3.org>
• Message-ID: <9E51F88D5247B648908850C35A3BBB5003FE91A5ED@IMCMBX3.MITRE.ORG>

Hi Folks,

A precisionDecimal value is a decimal value, and its precision is inferred from how it is lexically expressed. Here's a legal precisionDecimal value:

   3.00e2

But this is not a legal xs:decimal value. It looks more like a float or double value.

Why isn't it called precisionFloat, or precisionDouble?

/Roger

Received on Monday, 15 June 2009 18:21:59 UTC