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At 9:23 PM -0400 5/13/02, Thomas B. Passin wrote: >I assume the next question is why xs:integer is not a primitive in W3C >XML Schema to which the answer is that it is derived from xs:decimal > >What exactly is your problem with this? > >[Tom P] > >Aside from the fact that it is mathematically wrong, even if lexically OK? I don't see an objection on mathematical grounds. The integers are a proper subset of the rational numbers. Why would you claim this is *mathematically* wrong? -- +-----------------------+------------------------+-------------------+ | Elliotte Rusty Harold | elharo@m... | Writer/Programmer | +-----------------------+------------------------+-------------------+ | The XML Bible, 2nd Edition (Hungry Minds, 2001) | | http://www.cafeconleche.org/books/bible2/ | | http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0764547607/cafeaulaitA/ | +----------------------------------+---------------------------------+ | Read Cafe au Lait for Java News: http://www.cafeaulait.org/ | | Read Cafe con Leche for XML News: http://www.cafeconleche.org/ | +----------------------------------+---------------------------------+
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