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Subject: Re: [office-formula] euroconvert
Rob, robert_weir@us.ibm.com wrote: > Patrick Durusau <patrick@durusau.net> wrote on 12/02/2009 05:26:49 AM: > >> I assume: >> >> >>> Converts a number from one to another Euro currency. >>> >>> >> Should read: >> >> Converts amounts of defined currencies to and from Euro currency. >> >> > > Converts a Number, representing a value in one European currency, to an > equivalent value in another European currency, according to the fixed > conversion rates defined by the Council of the European Union. > > Ah, ok, I was reading "Euro" as the name of a currency. Silly me. ;-) >> (Questions for Europeans on the list: Is "Euro currency" the correct way >> > > >> to refer to Euros as a monetary system? Is the conversion fixed and >> where is it defined? We simply say the conversion rate here. >> >> > > No idea. Since the function can be used to convert between two legacy > national currencies, not even involving the Euro explicitly, I don't know > if we really need to mention the Euro here. > > So this is a legacy function only? > As for where these are defined, they are defined by various EC directives. > The big initial introduction of the Euro in 1999 defined most of the > conversion rates, but then there are later introductions, such as Greece, > Malta, Slovenia, etc., and these each had their rates set by their own > individual directives. > > This page at the European Central Bank is certainly authoratative, and we > should double-check our conversion factors against it: > > http://www.ecb.int/euro/intro/html/index.en.html > > However, I would not vouch for the long-term stability of that URL. It > could move tomorrow. So it is probably best to include our own table of > values and refer to the authority generally as "Council of the European > Union". > > Wasn't suggesting that we cite the URL. If this is *fixed* as you suggest, then replication of the table is fine with a citation to the authority. My concern was that if this wasn't stable, that it reflected conversion to and from Euro currency, then replication of a table might not be a good idea. Understanding it as a legacy function changes the wording of the text. Hope you are having a great day! Patrick > >> Under semantics we say: >> >> >>> The function /must/ be able to convert between the Euro ("EUR") and >>> various older European countries. >>> >>> >> Sorry, not "various older European countries." Must mean European >> currencies but then those are listed. >> >> Unless it is meant that the function converts between currencies that >> are not defined? >> >> Why would the semantics section say that the function "must be able to >> convert" since the function has no meaning if it doesn't do that? >> >> > > Sounds redundant to me. I'd make the clause merely define the semantics > of the function and put any mandatory requirements ("shall") in the > conformance clause generically as "an OpenFormula processor shall support > the semantics of the functions corresponding to the conformance level > supported" or something like that. > > > -Rob > > >> I suspect there is some other semantic at play but I don't know what it >> > is. > >> Thanks! >> >> Hope everyone is having a great day! >> >> Patrick >> >> -- >> Patrick Durusau >> patrick@durusau.net >> Chair, V1 - US TAG to JTC 1/SC 34 >> Convener, JTC 1/SC 34/WG 3 (Topic Maps) >> Editor, OpenDocument Format TC (OASIS), Project Editor ISO/IEC 26300 >> Co-Editor, ISO/IEC 13250-1, 13250-5 (Topic Maps) >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from this mail list, you must leave the OASIS TC that >> generates this mail. Follow this link to all your TCs in OASIS at: >> https://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/portal/my_workgroups.php >> >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from this mail list, you must leave the OASIS TC that > generates this mail. Follow this link to all your TCs in OASIS at: > https://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/portal/my_workgroups.php > > > -- Patrick Durusau patrick@durusau.net Chair, V1 - US TAG to JTC 1/SC 34 Convener, JTC 1/SC 34/WG 3 (Topic Maps) Editor, OpenDocument Format TC (OASIS), Project Editor ISO/IEC 26300 Co-Editor, ISO/IEC 13250-1, 13250-5 (Topic Maps)
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