DFDL V1 draft 037 is available as ogf-dfdl-v1.0-Core-037.final.doc at https://forge.gridforum.org/sf/go/doc15833?nav=1 The most significant change is the definition of the new scoping rules. A summary of the changes is below. Version Author/Contributor History Date(yyyy-mm-dd) 037 Alan Powell Documented new scoping rules Added meaning of empty string for dfdl:binaryBooleanTrueRep Minor corrections Changed dfdl:textPadCharacter to dfdl:textxxxPadCharacter and clarified use of %#rxx; Changed 'logical data model' to 'infoset' throughout xs:maxOccurs violation is a validation error Removed calendarUseZForUTC Clarified selector scope Dfdl:defineFormat can only contain one dfdl:format. Dropped baseFormat. Defined order for resolving floating elements. Changed dfdl:length() function to dfdl:representationLength() Moved dfdl:textNumberBase from textNumberFormat. Other minor changes to textNumberFormat. Cannot have expression for dfdl:lengthKind Many commemts that have been fixed or no longer relevant have been deleted. Changed dfdl:binaryCalendarRepresentation to dfdl: binaryCalendarRep and binaryNumberRepresentation to binaryNumberRep to be consistent Added table for logical type mapping to representation Escaping now controlled solely by dfdl:escapeSchemeRef. Added dfdl: truncateKnownLengthString Improved section on lengths but not complete Added Mapping logical numbers to text representation and Mapping logical numbers to binary representation 2009-11-30 We will be formally tracking issues with this draft of the specification. Any issues, omissions or errors should be raised on the gridforge tracker for the project at https://forge.gridforum.org/sf/tracker/do/listArtifacts/projects.dfdl-wg/tra... Any minor issues such as spelling errors can be marked up in the document and sent to me. Alan Powell MP 211, IBM UK Labs, Hursley, Winchester, SO21 2JN, England Notes Id: Alan Powell/UK/IBM email: alan_powell@uk.ibm.com Tel: +44 (0)1962 815073 Fax: +44 (0)1962 816898 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