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CommentResponse:DB-29
David,
Thank you for your comment on serializing xsd:decimal, xsd:float, xsd:double.
XSD defines the operations for these datatypes including rules for precision. For xsd:decimal, the precision required is:
[[ http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema11-2/ All ·minimally conforming· processors must support decimal values whose absolute value can be expressed as i / 10k, where i and k are nonnegative integers such that i < 1016 and k ≤ 16 (i.e., those expressible with sixteen total digits). ]]
[[ http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-2/ Note: All ·minimally conforming· processors ·must· support decimal numbers with a minimum of 18 decimal digits ]]
SPARQL uses the work of XQuery/XPath Functions and Operators and the requirements for handling these numeric datatypes derive from that body of work. The SPARQL specification links to each operator required.
RDF defines a literal as a lexical form and a datatype. It does not consider the datatype to modify the behavior of forming the RDF literal.
The working group is not planning to make any changes in this area.
I would be grateful if you reply to this message to confirm that the working group has responded to your comment.
Yours, on behalf of the SPARQL Working Group,
Andy