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On Jun 28, 2011 2:04 PM, "Ray Denenberg, Library of Congress" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > From: Saašha Metsärantala > > > decade (10 years) is just the expression "195x". > > Do you mean we should introduce the concept of "decade"? I remember > > Absolutely not. 195x means the same thing as 1950/1959. As general rule, do we need more than one way to define the same thing? You seem to ask the same question implicitly below. > There is no mention of nor need to define "decade". In fact, 19xx - depending on whether we decide that x can replace two digits, not necessarily just one -- would mean the same thing as 1900/1999. So the x notation serves as a shorthand. I personally can't see why it's necessary but Ed says he needs it. > > > I wonder what you think about my suggestion to move the "x"-concept > > away from the EDTF specification and place it on the "list of proposals > > for CQL improvement" and discuss this question in the context of CQL. > > It doesn't make sense to me. > > > --Ray