[MOBY-dev] [moby] Re: Suggestion for newtag in Parameter(Secondary Input specification)

[José María Fernández González]

I think we should choose the corresponding XML Schema types for each 
primitive object. For instance:

moby:String -> xsd:string (it would not allow XML content) or 
xsd:anyType (any content)

moby:Integer -> xsd:int [-2147483648,2147483647] or xsd:integer (*any* 
integer)

moby:Float -> xsd:double (IEEE double-precision 64-bit floating point 
type), xsd:float (IEEE single-precision 32-bit floating point type) or 
xsd:decimal (*any* real number with a finite number of decimal digits)

moby:DateTime -> xsd:dateTime

moby:Boolean -> xsd:boolean or an enumerated xsd:string 
{'0','1','false','true'}

	Best Regards,
		José María

Paul Gordon wrote:
> The main problem:
> 
> If somebody specifies a float, can I legally submit a e-value cutoff 
> like "1.0e-180" (i.e. are we going to assume bit capacity, such as 
> 2^-149 for 16-byte IEEE floating point, or are we supporting arbitrary 
> precision)? Underflow and overflow can cause problems on many 
> systems...  same thing for integers > 2^32...
> 
> Actually, do we support scientific notation?  That isn't mentioned either.
> 
> Cheers,
> Paul
> 
> P.S. Yes, you are right Pieter.  You could enumerate integers, or even 
> floats for that matter: this distinction matters for a server with 
> strong types, but not for the client.  I've been too client centric 
> lately :-)
> 
>> On Mon, 2006-02-27 at 23:44 +0100, Pieter Neerincx wrote:
>>
>>  
>>
>>> Hmmm I use enum for some integers as well. I think it's perfectly  
>>> normal to say for example: enum [1,2,4,8].
>>>    
>>>
>> Perhaps Paul can clarify what problem he is trying to solve.  My
>> instincts tell me that maybe he is having difficulty with casting un-
>> typed XML blocks as either Integer or String, as appropriate... is that
>> a correct interpretation of the problem Paul?  
>>
>> I think the combination of the <datatype> block and the <enum> block
>> should be able to indicate whether the ENUM is of type String or of type
>> Integer (or Float, or whatever).  Is that not sufficient?  Or am I
>> misunderstanding what the root of the problem is?
>>
>> M
>>
>>
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