OASIS Mailing List ArchivesView the OASIS mailing list archive below
or browse/search using MarkMail.

 


Help: OASIS Mailing Lists Help | MarkMail Help

 


 

   Re: [xml-dev] What are the characteristics of a good type system for XML

[ Lists Home | Date Index | Thread Index ]

From: "Rich Salz" <rsalz@datapower.com>
> On Thu, 15 May 2003, Bob Foster wrote:
> > Do you have an example of two durations that can't be ordered by
> > normalization?
>
> Unless I misunderstand, P1M and P30D, for example.  How many
> days in a month?
>
> Or do you mean something else?

Thank you for giving me credit for having a thought.

I guess I made the dumbest mistake possible when talking about time
durations; unless they are anchored in time, they mean nothing. I knew this
about 'quarters', 'bi-monthly' etc. and didn't think how fundamental the
problem is.

Bob





 

News | XML in Industry | Calendar | XML Registry
Marketplace | Resources | MyXML.org | Sponsors | Privacy Statement

Copyright 2001 XML.org. This site is hosted by OASIS