2206 2005-09-14 19:10:19 +0000 R-214: Question about the value space of double 2007-03-29 18:49:01 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified XML Schema Datatypes: XSD Part 2 1.0 only All All ASSIGNED decided P2 normal --- 1 sandygao cmsmcq www-xml-schema-comments oldest_to_newest 6223 0 sandygao 2005-09-14 19:10:19 +0000 [Definition:] The double datatype is patterned after the IEEE double-precision 64-bit floating point type [IEEE 754-1985]. The basic value space of double consists of the values m 2^e, where m is an integer whose absolute value is less than 2^53, and e is an integer between -1075 and 970, inclusive. ... It seems to me that "e" should be an integer between -1074 and 971, inclusive. See: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-xml-schema-comments/2003JanMar/0022.html Response from Xan: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-xml-schema-comments/2003JanMar/0027.html 6224 1 sandygao 2005-09-14 19:10:30 +0000 Resolved at the 2003-08-29 telecon to classify as an error, and to instruct the editors to fix the error in the manner discussed on the email thread. 6416 2 sandygao 2005-09-23 02:28:35 +0000 Oops, included wrong links. The original email is http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-xml-schema-comments/2003AprJun/0022.html and Xan's response http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-xml-schema-comments/2003AprJun/0027.html Minutes from 2003-08-29 telecon http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/w3c-xml-schema-ig/2003Sep/0002.html 6695 3 sandygao 2005-10-14 15:29:32 +0000 Discussed at 2005-10-14 telecon. Resolution: to adopt the suggested exponent range -1074 and 971 for double.