[tei-council] Re: on spec grp 2, datatypes normalized

[Lou Burnard]

Syd Bauman wrote:

>Again, it's only syntax, so I'm not claiming it is very important, but
>I'd like to set the record straight. I did not make up the syntax I am
>suggesting. It comes from NIST which takes most of it from SI. I
>daresay the Bureau International des Poids et Mesures and even the
>(US) National Institute of Standards and Technology has been doing
>this standardization of units stuff for a lot longer than either ISO
>or W3C, and they do a significantly better job.
>
Well, I may be wrong on this as much else, but I wasn't aware that 
either of the venerable bodies you mention had much of a say in the 
world of computer representations of datatypes.