Agreed on 18th June call that additionally dfdl:calendarLanguage should be allowed to take an expression. Regards Steve Hanson Architect, IBM Data Format Description Language (DFDL) Co-Chair, OGF DFDL Working Group IBM SWG, Hursley, UK smh@uk.ibm.com tel:+44-1962-815848 From: Steve Hanson/UK/IBM To: Mike Beckerle <mbeckerle.dfdl@gmail.com>, Cc: dfdl-wg@ogf.org Date: 29/05/2013 17:36 Subject: Re: [DFDL-WG] dfdl:calendarLanguage - should allow an expression? We already have expression capability for the following properties that are potentially locale/platform sensitive: encoding byteOrder binaryFloatRep outputNewLine textStandardDecimalSeparator textStandardGroupingSeparator textStandardExponentRep Properties binaryPackedSignCodes and textZonedSignStyle are platform sensitive, but in practice it's unlikely that a single schema would be created that needed to handle (say) packed numbers from both IBM z/OS or IBM iSeries, or zoned numbers from both IBM and Micro Focus COBOL compilers. I'm happy to leave these as they are for 1.0. Properties calendarTimeZone and calendarObserveDST could certainly be considered locale sensitive. I think properties like calendarFirstDayOfWeek and calendarDaysInFirstWeek and calendarCenturyStart less so. Regards Steve Hanson Architect, IBM Data Format Description Language (DFDL) Co-Chair, OGF DFDL Working Group IBM SWG, Hursley, UK smh@uk.ibm.com tel:+44-1962-815848 From: Mike Beckerle <mbeckerle.dfdl@gmail.com> To: Steve Hanson/UK/IBM@IBMGB, Cc: dfdl-wg@ogf.org Date: 29/05/2013 16:35 Subject: Re: [DFDL-WG] dfdl:calendarLanguage - should allow an expression? This argument would apply to anything that has locale-specific behavior. are there any other properties that should be revisited this way as well? On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 4:58 AM, Steve Hanson <smh@uk.ibm.com> wrote: DFDL has the design point that the combination of schema & data should give the same result regardless of locale and/or machine. To create a schema that does vary across locale or machine requires the user deliberately to use expressions for the relevant DFDL properties (encoding, decimal separator, etc) and parameterise the schema, using either built-in DFDL variables or user-defined variables. However the dfdl:calendarLanguage property is only defined as a String, I think it should also allow an expression as otherwise a schema is tied to a particular locale for it's calendar language support. Regards Steve Hanson Architect, IBM Data Format Description Language (DFDL) Co-Chair, OGF DFDL Working Group IBM SWG, Hursley, UK smh@uk.ibm.com tel:+44-1962-815848 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 -- dfdl-wg mailing list dfdl-wg@ogf.org https://www.ogf.org/mailman/listinfo/dfdl-wg -- Mike Beckerle | OGF DFDL Workgroup Co-Chair | Tresys Technology | www.tresys.com 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 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