[DFDL-WG] what data format was dfdl:floating intended to support?

[Steve Hanson]

I believe it was to handle 'Notes' style segments in EDI formats.  Steph 
Fetzer wanted it, I think for NTE segments in X12, as she said these 
segments were inserted by users as a way of adding comments to an EDI 
message. It must have been something that WTX supported.

It would apply equally well to other comment-style records.

Regards

Steve Hanson
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From:   Mike Beckerle <mbeckerle.dfdl at gmail.com>
To:     DFDL-WG <dfdl-wg at ogf.org>
Date:   10/04/2020 18:51
Subject:        [EXTERNAL] [DFDL-WG] what data format was dfdl:floating 
intended to support?
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I got asked this recently, and I know this property got added to DFDL for 
some particular cases, but I don't recall what format(s) they are, and if 
they are well-known, or something that was just encountered in some users' 
ad-hoc formats.

...mikeb

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