[DFDL-WG] dfdl:calendarLanguage - should allow an expression?

[Steve Hanson]

DFDL has the design point that the combination of schema & data should 
give the same result regardless of locale and/or machine.  To create a 
schema that does vary across locale or machine requires the user 
deliberately to use expressions for the relevant DFDL properties 
(encoding, decimal separator, etc) and parameterise the schema, using 
either built-in DFDL variables or user-defined variables. 

However the dfdl:calendarLanguage property is only defined as a String, I 
think it should also allow an expression as otherwise a schema is tied to 
a particular locale for it's calendar language support.

Regards

Steve Hanson
Architect, IBM Data Format Description Language (DFDL)
Co-Chair, OGF DFDL Working Group
IBM SWG, Hursley, UK
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