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== References == | == References == | ||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datatype Datatypes] in Wikipedia | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datatype Datatypes] in Wikipedia | ||
* Origional [http://microformats.org/discuss/mail/microformats-discuss/2005-September/001020.html datatype] discussion | * Origional [http://microformats.org/discuss/mail/microformats-discuss/2005-September/001020.html datatype] discussion | ||
* Original [http://homepage.mac.com/drernie/plist.html plist] datatype mapping proposal | * Original [http://homepage.mac.com/drernie/plist.html plist] datatype mapping proposal | ||
* Revised [http://opendarwin.org/~drernie/xoxo-datatypes.html xoxo datatype] proposal | * Revised [http://opendarwin.org/~drernie/xoxo-datatypes.html xoxo datatype] proposal | ||
Revision as of 05:05, 7 January 2006
Datatypes in HTML
One of the challenges of using HTML as a data transport is that everything, by default, is a string. This page explores ways to use microformats -- specifically, class names -- to encode data type information, e.g., for use with xoxo and rest/ahah.
Examples
| Language/format | string | float | integer | boolean | data | date/time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XML Schema | string | float, double | decimal, integer, etc. | boolean | hexBinary, base64Binary | duration, dateTime, date, time |
| Mac OS X plists | string | real | integer | true, false | data | date |
| C | char* | float, double | int, long, short | byte | void* | N/A |
| JSON (JavaScript) | string | number | number | true, false | object | N/A |
Proposals
- TBD
References
- Datatypes in Wikipedia
- Origional datatype discussion
- Original plist datatype mapping proposal
- Revised xoxo datatype proposal