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Bug 6705 - [Schema Comment] Canonical representation of float/double and number of digits
Summary: [Schema Comment] Canonical representation of float/double and number of digits
Status: ASSIGNED
Alias: None
Product: XML Schema
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Datatypes: XSD Part 2 (show other bugs)
Version: 1.0 only
Hardware: PC Windows XP
: P2 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: David Ezell
QA Contact: XML Schema comments list
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Reported: 2009-03-16 14:54 UTC by David Ezell
Modified: 2009-04-18 02:08 UTC (History)
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Description David Ezell 2009-03-16 14:54:09 UTC 
This comment appears in http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-xml-schema-comments/2009JanMar/.  This bugzilla entry is so that the WG can track whether or not it has been addressed.  It may be a duplicate.  Apologies if it is.

http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-xml-schema-comments/2009JanMar/0043.html
Comment 2 David Ezell 2009-03-16 15:00:03 UTC 
Michael Kay commented:
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-xml-schema-comments/2009JanMar/0045.html
Comment 3 Michael Kay 2009-03-16 15:02:44 UTC 
I suspect this should be classified as "1.0 only" rather than "1.1 only".
Comment 4 Dave Peterson 2009-03-21 00:02:25 UTC 
(In reply to comment #3)
> I suspect this should be classified as "1.0 only" rather than "1.1 only".
> 

+1
Comment 5 C. M. Sperberg-McQueen 2009-04-18 02:08:08 UTC 
The XML Schema WG discussed this issue at today's call and agreed that it 
seems to relate to XSD 1.0, not 1.1.  (XSD 1.1 also allows more than one
canonical form for float and double, but it also explicitly states that this 
is a conscious design decision, to allow any serialization that conforms to
IEEE 754.)  

I'm setting the version info accordingly.