From: Colin P. A. <co...@co...> - 2005-08-29 14:33:36
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>>>>> "Eric" == Eric Bezault <er...@go...> writes: >> I would have thought so. There's no particular reason why XML >> Schema dates and times should only be used within XML. Eric> They should not be called _XMLSCHEMA_ in that case. I can see why you're saying this, but I can't think of a better name. _W3C_ (to denote they are defined by a W3C working group) might do, although it's less specific. maybe I'll have a better idea overnight. >> They are plain text (no markup is involved). Eric> I don't think that this is enough as a criterion. Well, let me put it this way. To make effective use of these parsing and formatting routines, you need nothing from library/xml, unless we decided to put these classes here. And whether or not they are useful for an application, is not affected by whether or not the application uses xml. So it would seem a pity to force an application to mount the xml library, just to make use of these parsing/formatting routines. -- Colin Adams Preston Lancashire |