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Re:  Re: maps
> At 03:51 PM 8/4/2002 -0400, Liam Quin wrote:
> >The XML way to do this, I claim, is
> ><zoo>
> >   <name>Utica Zoo</name>
> >     <lat>
> >       <deg>75</deg>
> >       <min>15</min>
> >     </lat>
> >    <long>
> >       <deg>43</deg>
> >       <min>05</min>
> >    </long>
> ></zoo>
> >
> >Now you can represent both lat and long in W3C XML Schema.

So let me ask Liam this: if this is such a hunky dory approach, why was date 
not defined as

<date>
  <year>2002</year>
  <month>08</month>
  <day>04</day>
</date>

Why did we need gDate and co?

The dead simple answer is that if <lat>75°15'00" N</lat> is what I want in my 
data, then

<lat>
  <deg>75</deg>
  <min>15</min>
</lat>

is a contrivance and a distortion, and a schema language that requires me to 
resort to this before I can take advantage of the most effective processing 
tools is blinkered.


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