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Re: RE: Schema vs Schema-free (was: RE: XML Binary C

• To: "Michael Kay" <michael.h.kay@n...>,"'xml-dev'" <xml-dev@l...>
• Subject: Re: RE: Schema vs Schema-free (was: RE: XML Binary Characterization WG public list availabl)
• From: "Ed Day" <eday@o...>
• Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 14:57:17 -0400
• References: <20040414182053.VYOS1202.mta04-svc.ntlworld.com@Turtle>

I don't know if "can't expect" is the right term here as opposed to "hasn't
been done yet" (or has been done very little).  I would expect a good data
binding package to have the ability to format numbers as specified in the
schema when serializing a Java object or C structure to XML.

Regards,

Ed Day
Objective Systems, Inc.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Kay" <michael.h.kay@n...>
To: "'Ed Day'" <eday@o...>; "'xml-dev'" <xml-dev@l...>
Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 2:21 PM
Subject: RE:  RE: Schema vs Schema-free (was: RE:  XML
Binary Characterization WG public list availabl)


> >
> > You can use a pattern facet on a float, double, or decimal in
> > the same way
> > you do on a string to enforce this sort of constraint.
> >
>
> But it's a really bad idea to do so, because you can't expect software
(such
> as an XSLT processor) that's creating an instance document to read the
> pattern and work out how to generate a number that matches it.
>
> Michael Kay
>
>
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