Two weeks
after its publication, the W3C XML Schema Proposed Recommendation has been
updated to restore the name of the "number" datatype to its previous
value of "decimal".
This change
is the only modification brought by this revision:
Note: this version
of this Proposed Recommendation replaces that published on 16 March 2001.
The only change from that draft is that the type there called 'number' is here
renamed 'decimal'. This type was called 'decimal' up until the draft of 16
March 2001, so this change simply restores the original name of this type.
Henry
Thompson has immediately announced
updated releases of his validation tool XSV and conversion utility XSU that are compatible with
the new revision, although the online versions do not appear to have been
updated yet.