I believe it was to handle 'Notes' style segments in EDI formats. Steph Fetzer wanted it, I think for NTE segments in X12, as she said these segments were inserted by users as a way of adding comments to an EDI message. It must have been something that WTX supported. It would apply equally well to other comment-style records. Regards Steve Hanson IBM Hybrid Integration, Hursley, UK Architect, IBM DFDL Co-Chair, OGF DFDL Working Group smh@uk.ibm.com tel:+44-1962-815848 mob:+44-7717-378890 Note: I work Tuesday to Friday From: Mike Beckerle <mbeckerle.dfdl@gmail.com> To: DFDL-WG <dfdl-wg@ogf.org> Date: 10/04/2020 18:51 Subject: [EXTERNAL] [DFDL-WG] what data format was dfdl:floating intended to support? Sent by: "dfdl-wg" <dfdl-wg-bounces@ogf.org> I got asked this recently, and I know this property got added to DFDL for some particular cases, but I don't recall what format(s) they are, and if they are well-known, or something that was just encountered in some users' ad-hoc formats. ...mikeb Mike Beckerle | OGF DFDL Workgroup Co-Chair | Owl Cyber Defense | www.owlcyberdefense.com Please note: Contributions to the DFDL Workgroup's email discussions are subject to the OGF Intellectual Property Policy -- dfdl-wg mailing list dfdl-wg@ogf.org https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.ogf.org_mailman_listinfo_dfdl-2Dwg&d=DwICAg&c=jf_iaSHvJObTbx-siA1ZOg&r=AJa9ThEymJXYnOqu84mJuw&m=d0uMgv8VVEduo5WRTqM3tFVrs3kPzVHqzIOpb2uqCBg&s=MXU57tfG6lNZUUQxc5K0D0HeZeMGy9LZPpNGevVuRzs&e= Unless stated otherwise above: IBM United Kingdom Limited - Registered in England and Wales with number 741598. Registered office: PO Box 41, North Harbour, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO6 3AU