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Subject: Fwd: Nonsensical text concerning coordinates in CAP Specification
Forwarding to the TC list for discussion....
Begin forwarded message:
> From: "Bob Wyman" <bob@wyman.us>
> Date: March 28, 2004 4:05:47 PM EST
> To: <emergency-comment@lists.oasis-open.org>
> Subject: [emergency-comment] Nonsensical text concerning coordinates
> in CAP Specification
> Reply-To: <bob@wyman.us>
>
> It is said in Section 3.3.1 of the CAP V1.0 specification
> that:
>
> "Coordinates in the Southern and Western hemispheres
> are signed negative with a leading dash."
>
> I am aware of no usage of the English language that permits
> one to refer to a "coordinate" as "negative." Coordinates are composed
> of pairs of numbers which represent latitude and longitude, any one or
> both of these numbers may be "negative." While the components of a
> coordinate may individually be "negative" (preceded by a "dash") a
> coordinate which contains such a "negative" component is not referred
> to as "negative" in normal English usage nor is such usage made in the
> realm of mathematics. (Is a coordinate with two "negative" components
> "negative" or "positive"?)
> When writing standards, it is best to use commonly accepted
> language and meanings in order to ensure that ambiguities do not
> result from misinterpretations.
>
> bob wyman
>
> See:
> http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=coordinate
>
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