Re: DOCBOOK: [ #456174 ] Req: a <YearRange> within <copyright>

[Bob Stayton <bobs@caldera.com>]

> From: Norman Walsh <ndw@nwalsh.com>
> 
> In
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> http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=456174&group_id=21935&atid=384107
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> Yann Dirson suggests that a yearrange element be added to copyright.
> 
> The TC considered this and admitted to a certain amount of fudging in
> practice, using <year>1999-2001</year>. This is less than ideal, but
> what have other people elected to do when faced with this problem?
> 
> Another obvious possibility is to let the stylesheet take care of
> the collation.

Is further structure really necessary here?
Would a yearrange look something like this:

<yearrange><yearstart>1999</yearstart><yearend>2001</yearend></yearrange>

Seems like overkill, IMHO.
I like the simplicity of permitting <year>1999-2001</year>.
Its meaning is quite clear, in all languages.
I'm sure there are XML applications that may be expecting a
4-digit year, but perhaps the burden should be on those
applications to parse a range into individual years.

bobs
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