18447 2012-07-31 09:37:44 +0000 [FO31] Formatting numbers in scientific notation 2014-04-29 17:15:08 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified XPath / XQuery / XSLT Functions and Operators 3.1 Last Call drafts PC All CLOSED FIXED P2 normal --- 1 mike mike jim.melton liam public-qt-comments oldest_to_newest 71704 0 mike 2012-07-31 09:37:44 +0000 There is a long-standing requirement for the ability to format floating point numbers in scientific notation. This appeared as a requirement for XSLT 2.0, but it has never been satisfied. Note that the Java DecimalFormat class, on which format-number() is based, accepts pictures such as 0.###E0 to request scientific notation. 74442 1 jim.melton 2012-09-25 16:08:19 +0000 At their meeting of 2012-09-25, the Joint WGs agreed to make this a candidate requirement for F&O 3.1 77430 2 liam 2012-10-30 15:51:10 +0000 Note: The WG agreed we will also need other data formats frequently found in Web applications, such as Unix/RFC timestamps, HTML 5 date/time for example. 81062 3 jonathan.robie 2013-01-08 17:00:20 +0000 Notes from meeting #523: <quote> Q2.9.20 Bugzilla Bug 18447, [XQ31ReqUC] Formatting numbers in scientific notation See http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=18447 Liam: may be wanted for json in practice along with Unix-format (RFC) dates. Mike Kay: if you take JSON use cases seriously, Web services and HTTP headers will emerge. Jonathan: when it emerges we can consider it. scientific notation (read and write) YES, scientific notation (required in JSON) PLUS additional data types commonly used in JavaScript. </quote> 82619 4 jonathan.robie 2013-02-06 09:38:27 +0000 This will be a MAY requirement. 91420 5 jim.melton 2013-07-30 18:38:22 +0000 This bug has been re-directed to the F&O 3.1 document, as the requirement has been accepted (as a MAY requirement). 104693 6 mike 2014-04-29 17:14:42 +0000 The specification of format-number() in XPath 3.1 has been extended to satisfy this requirement. The bug entry is therefore being closed as resolved/fixed.