Bug 5271 – [FO] FORG0008 description wrong in appendix C

Bug 5271 - [FO] FORG0008 description wrong in appendix C

Summary:

[FO] FORG0008 description wrong in appendix C

Status:	CLOSED FIXED

Product:	XPath / XQuery / XSLT
Component:	Functions and Operators 1.0
Version:	Recommendation
Platform:	PC Windows NT

Importance:	P2 minor
Target Milestone:	---
Assigned To:	Michael Kay
QA Contact:	Mailing list for public feedback on specs from XSL and XML Query WGs

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Reported:	2007-11-16 13:35 UTC by Tim Mills
Modified:	2008-03-11 14:06 UTC (History)
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Description Tim Mills 2007-11-16 13:35:43 UTC

In appendix C of F&O,

http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath-functions/#error-summary

FORG0008 is defined as:

err:FORG0008, Both arguments to fn:dateTime have a specified timezone.

However, this error is only raised if the two arguments have _different_
timezones.

"If the two arguments have different timezones, an error is
raised:[err:FORG0008]"

Comment 1 Michael Kay 2008-01-15 00:38:12 UTC

The summary of errors in appendix C is non-normative, and many of the
descriptions are extremely terse, for example "Invalid lexical value". I'm not
sure that improving these descriptions by erratum is a useful service to our
readers.

Comment 2 Tim Mills 2008-01-15 10:22:16 UTC

I found it confusing, and just thought it was worth pointing out.

Comment 3 Michael Kay 2008-03-11 14:04:41 UTC

Following direction at the joint WG meeting of 2008-03-04, I have drafted an
editorial erratum (E18) which changes the text to

The two arguments to fn:dateTime have inconsistent timezones

I am marking this as FIXED. Tim Mills, as the originator, if you agree with
this resolution please change the status to CLOSED.

Comment 4 Tim Mills 2008-03-11 14:06:48 UTC

Thanks Mike.