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<p class=MsoNormal>Here is my proposed response for this defect report:<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:10.0pt;margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;page-break-after:avoid'><b><span
style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#4F81BD'>DR
09-0231&#8211; SML, core: Raw value range<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><b>Part 1, §18.17.5.4 will be updated as follows:</b><o:p></o:p></p>

<h4 style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0in;mso-list:none'><span lang=EN-CA>18.17.5.4        Interpretation<o:p></o:p></span></h4>

<p class=MsoNormal>Strings that are permitted according to the lexical
definition in&nbsp;§18.17.5.3 shall be interpreted as values in the value space as follows:<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoListNumberCxSpFirst style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span
lang=EN-CA><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-CA>The mantissa shall be
interpreted as a real number expressed in base&nbsp;10<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoListNumberCxSpMiddle><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-CA><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-CA>The exponent shall be
interpreted as an integer expressed in base&nbsp;10<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoListNumberCxSpMiddle><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-CA><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-CA>The raw value for a numerical
expression shall be interpreted as<br>
mantissa x 10<span class=Superscript>exponent</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoListNumberCxSpLast><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-CA><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-CA>If the <s><span
style='color:red'>raw</span></s> <u><span style='color:blue'>absolute</span></u>
value is larger than the largest value in the value space (2^<s><span
style='color:red'>1023</span></s><u><span style='color:blue'>1024</span></u>
&#8211; <s><span style='color:red'>1</span></s><u><span style='color:blue'>2^971</span></u><s><span
style='color:red'>, by default</span></s>)<s><span style='color:red'>, or
smaller than the smallest value in the value space (- 2^1023 + 1, by default),</span></s>
then a consuming application shall treat this as equivalent to the error value
#NUM! (§18.17.3). Otherwise the value in the value space that is closest to the
raw value is chosen as the interpretation.  In the case that two values are
equally close, the one with the smaller absolute value is chosen.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><b>No schema changes are needed.<o:p></o:p></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><b><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><b>No Relax NG changes are needed.<o:p></o:p></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

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