A sentence at the end of the sole paragraph in each of 3.3.16.1 and
3.3.17.1 is added:

    The length of a value is the number of octets.

In 3.3.17.3, the paragraph that begins "The length of a base64Binary value is the number of octets it contains.  This may be calculated..." is changed to read "The length of a base64Binary value may be calculated..."

The change proposed above was approved by the WG in its call of 
1 December 2006.  It is now reflected in the status quo version 
of the Datatypes spec.  Accordingly, I am setting the disposition of 
this issue to RESOLVED / FIXED.

If the originator of the issue would examine the change and let 
us know whether it satisfactorily resolves the problem or not, 
we'd be grateful.   To signal that the resolution is acceptable, 
change the status of the issue to CLOSED.  Otherwise, to signal 
that it's NOT acceptable, change the status to REOPENED (and 
tell us what's wrong).

If we don't hear from you in the next three weeks, we'll assume 
that silence betokens consent, and close the issue ourselves.