On Tue, 14 Sep 2004, Pete Johnston wrote:

> > I think we should propose DC-Date make their top priority decision be:
> > "Does the W3CDTF encoding scheme include date ranges, and
> > what types are included (eg. open ended)?".  [NB: I will be pushing
> strongly
> > on DC-Date that it _does_ include ranges.]  This is probably the
> longest-standing
> > issue around W3CDTF dates, and potentially could be resolved
> > reasonably quickly.
>
> And I had always understood that W3CDTF does not cover date ranges, and
> we have been stretching that spec by labelling date ranges as conforming
> to W3CDTF ;-)

There is nothing in

http://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-datetime

to indicate that ranges are supported.  I.e. none of the supported formats
is a range.  My personal view is that your 'rest of ISO8601 still applies'
argument is unlikely to be the case - i.e. only the exact formats listed
in the profile are allowable.  But I agree that your view may be correct!
:-)

Note that this isn't an issue over which DCMI has any control.  The
W3CDTF profile is "owned" by the W3C.  Therefore I would suggest that an
email to the original authors (both listed at the top of the profile spec)
is the best course of action at this time??

Andy
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