XML Schema Complete Reference, The

D.2. Discussion of the Consequences

The database representation and validation for XML Schema datatypes is affected by using Oracle8i. In particular, the normalizedString datatype and all the subtypes derived by restriction are affected, as well as the time datatype, dateTime datatype, date datatype, gMonth datatype, gYear datatype, gYearMonth datatype, gDay datatype, and gMonthDay datatype. gMonth, gYear, and gDay are unaffected if time-zone offsets are not required, because they can simply be represented as positiveInteger datatypes with minInclusive and maxInclusive facet restrictions. Refer to Section 22.4.37 for more information about the need to implement time-zone offsets.

Each of these XML Schema datatypes is discussed in this section, ...