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Bug 4328 - lexical space of unsigned types needs clarification
Summary: lexical space of unsigned types needs clarification
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: XML Schema
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Datatypes: XSD Part 2 (show other bugs)
Version: 1.0 only
Hardware: All Windows 3.1
: P2 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: David Ezell
QA Contact: XML Schema comments list
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Depends on: 1834
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Reported: 2007-02-14 15:24 UTC by Sandy Gao
Modified: 2012-12-04 00:51 UTC (History)
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Description Sandy Gao 2007-02-14 15:24:15 UTC
The prose of the spec and the schema for schemas are at odds with each
other for all of the unsigned numeric types.  The prose says the
lexical forms of these types contain nothing but digits, but the
schema for schemas defines no pattern outlawing signs.

Either a pattern should be added, or the prose should be changed.

The implementations I've checked mostly follow the schema for
schemas; if this is true for other implementations as well, then
the prose should be changed, both in 1.0 and in 1.1.

See bug 1834 for resolution of this issue in schema 1.1.