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The use of boxes with name, argument structure, and so on in the sections of Datatypes where the lexical and canonical mappings are supplied is cumbersome. The information is completely predictable in virtually all respects: the lexical mapping maps from a literal to a value of the appropriate type, and the canonical mapping goes the other way. The only piece of information in the box is the name of the function defined in the appendix. This proposal suggests changing the discussions of the lexical and canonical mappings for each type to make the references in a lighter-weight fashion: eliminate the box and repetitive details, and retain only the function name, hyperlinked to the definition.
A proposal to resolve this issue is included in the omnibus package at http://www.w3.org/XML/Group/2004/06/xmlschema-2/datatypes.omnibus.20050831.html
The proposal to resolve this issue was approved as part of the omnibus proposal of 31 August, when the WG took action on that proposal at its meeting in Edinburgh, September 2005.
The approved text was integrated into the status quo document 8 December 2005.