[Geopriv] having too much confidence

Nick Doty <npdoty@ischool.berkeley.edu> Fri, 08 November 2013 02:18 UTC

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Re: draft-thomson-geopriv-confidence-04
>  Confidence MUST NOT be included unless location information cannot be
>    acquired with 95% confidence.

What's the value of this requirement? Does it hurt to have 99% confidence and say so with the extra XML element?
—Nick