10973 2010-10-04 14:11:52 +0000 [F+O 3.0] Selecting non-traditional numbering in format-date() and format-integer() 2010-10-19 16:53:38 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified XPath / XQuery / XSLT Functions and Operators 3.0 Proposed Edited Recommendation PC Windows NT CLOSED FIXED P2 normal --- 1 mike mike public-qt-comments oldest_to_newest 40551 0 mike 2010-10-04 14:11:52 +0000 In xsl:number, we have the attribute letter-value="alphabetic|traditional", with the default being implementation-dependent. In format-date() and the new format-integer(), a "t" in the picture requests traditional numbering, and there is no way to represent the alternative (alphabetic). This rather forces the system to make alphabetic the default, which is not necessarily desirable. Should we perhaps introduce modifiers T and O (or a and c for alphabetic/cardinal) to represent the converse of t and o? 41372 1 mike 2010-10-14 17:06:21 +0000 The XSL WG looked at this and decided to recommend (in both format-date/time and in format-integer) allowing "a" (alphabetic) and "c" (cardinal) to represent the converse of the current modifiers "t" (traditional) and "o" (ordinal), with the default if neither is specified being implementation-dependent. Since the functions are now a joint responsibility, the bug is transferred to F+O for a joint decision to be made. 41582 2 mike 2010-10-19 16:53:28 +0000 Accepted by the joint WGs as proposed in comment #1