Correction to 12.3.7.1 Length of Simple Elements with Textual Representation
This section says "For a textual element, the dfdl:lengthUnits property can be either 'bytes' or 'characters'." I think this statement is just old. It predates the addition of 7-bit and 6-bit characters to DFDL, and the notion that the width of characters might not be a multiple of 8-bits. This section can be removed. Mike Beckerle | OGF DFDL Workgroup Co-Chair | Tresys Technology | www.tresys.com Please note: Contributions to the DFDL Workgroup's email discussions are subject to the OGF Intellectual Property Policy <http://www.ogf.org/About/abt_policies.php>
On WG call agreed that no change needed, as lengthUnits 'bits' is restricted to certain types only. Regards Steve Hanson IBM Integration Bus, Hursley, UK Architect, IBM DFDL Co-Chair, OGF DFDL Working Group smh@uk.ibm.com tel:+44-1962-815848 mob:+44-7717-378890 From: Mike Beckerle <mbeckerle.dfdl@gmail.com> To: "dfdl-wg@ogf.org" <dfdl-wg@ogf.org> Date: 04/08/2016 22:20 Subject: [DFDL-WG] Correction to 12.3.7.1 Length of Simple Elements with Textual Representation Sent by: "dfdl-wg" <dfdl-wg-bounces@ogf.org> This section says "For a textual element, the dfdl:lengthUnits property can be either 'bytes' or 'characters'." I think this statement is just old. It predates the addition of 7-bit and 6-bit characters to DFDL, and the notion that the width of characters might not be a multiple of 8-bits. This section can be removed. Mike Beckerle | OGF DFDL Workgroup Co-Chair | Tresys Technology | www.tresys.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://www.ogf.org/mailman/listinfo/dfdl-wg 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
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