Re: [apps-discuss] draft-lear-iana-timezone-database

[Peter Saint-Andre <[e-mail]>]

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(Or should that be <hat type='none'/>, I wonder...)

On 3/3/11 12:28 PM, Marc Blanchet wrote:
> Le 11-03-03 14:22, Eliot Lear a écrit :
>> Tony, Marc, Cyrus,
>>
>>>
>> Marc:
>>> A) XML IANA
>>
>> The database is currently sucked down and used by many many companies,
>> and it must be maintained in its current form.
> 
> I know.
> 
>>  New forms are fine.
>> Even new normative forms! But this form can't go away.
> 
>  What I was trying to say is the following:
> - IANA do keep the data in native XML format
> - IANA converts XML native to the current file format.
> - both formats are available from IANA web sites and are in sync.
> 
> that way, IANA continues with its XML infrastructure and have the TZ
> community keep the same file format as before.

Based on the comments from Cyrus [1], it sounds as if that is a good
goal, but that we might not achieve it right away because of the
complexities of modeling this data in XML.

BTW, I know that Michelle Cotton from IANA plans to participate in the
side meeting we'll hold about the timezone database (currently planned
for the morning of Wednesday, March 30, 08:00-09:00), so her input will
be very helpful. I've cc'd her on this message so that she's aware of
this discussion, with threads starting at [2] and [3].

/psa

[1] http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/apps-discuss/current/msg02303.html

[2] http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/apps-discuss/current/msg02301.html

[3] http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/apps-discuss/current/msg02304.html