[Council] Fwd: Re: JEP-0080 accuracy

[Peter Saint-Andre]

Done:

http://www.jabber.org/~stpeter/jeps/jep-0080.html

Any objections to making these changes?

Peter

> From: Peter Saint-Andre <stpeter at jabber.org>
> Subject: Re: JEP-0080 accuracy
> Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 16:30:03 -0600
> Newsgroups: gmane.network.jabber.standards-jig
> Message-ID: <stpeter-A4D520.16300325102004 at sea.gmane.org>
> 
> I'll make these modifications and run them by the Council.
> 
> In article <cfd3c4d10410201354660f2e8a at mail.gmail.com>,
>  Peter Millard <pgmillard at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Both of the modifications mentioned seem reasonable and fine with me.
> > 
> > pgm.
> > 
> > On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 08:54:03 -0600, Peter Saint-Andre
> > <stpeter at jabber.org> wrote:
> > > Someone Jabbered me about two points in JEP-0080 so I'm forwarding the
> > > concerns here...
> > > 
> > > 1. Restricting the altitude to integers might discourage applications
> > > that require more sensitive measurements (e.g., seismological surveying
> > > equipment); a more appropriate datatype might be xs:decimal.
> > > 
> > > 2. The implementation notes say that "Inferences MUST NOT be made about
> > > accuracy from the number of digits specified in the location or
> > > altitude." But this again seems too restrictive; perhaps "SHOULD NOT"
> > > would be more appropriate.
> > > 
> > > Peter
> > >