RE: Datatype section

[Joaquin Miller <miller@joaquin.net>]

At 10:12 AM 1/12/2001 -0500, Miller, Robert (GXS)
wrote:
> The section
> takes the approach that "if it's in XML, we must want it"
> whereas what we
> are about is "if the ebXML Requirements present a need for a
> particular
> datatype, we must define that data type".  How that datatype is
> mapped into
> XML is an implementation detail (an important one yes, but we need to
> start
> from an implementation independent viewpoint.).

Yes!

I hope it was clear that my comments were about the definition of
concepts, not about the data formats.  But, it is correct that even
comments about definitions are out of place until we have agreed what
data types are needed.

Cordially,

Joaquin

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