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Is this really not a valid xs:decimal?

Here's what xmllint is telling me:

  '1024663.719008264462809917' is not a valid value of the atomic type 'xs:decimal'

Is there some default number of valid places? There isn't supposed to be according to this.

Update: experimenting with xmllint, 17 decimal places validates but 18 is not valid.

Solution

  • The official spec states that

    All ·minimally conforming· processors ·must· support decimal numbers with a minimum of 18 decimal digits (i.e., with a ·totalDigits· of 18). However, ·minimally conforming· processors ·may· set an application-defined limit on the maximum number of decimal digits they are prepared to support, in which case that application-defined maximum number ·must· be clearly documented.

    So while theoretically the data type allows arbitrary precision decimal numbers, a particular processor is allowed to limit the range of values it is prepared to support.