SODA, section 4.3

[Mark Taylor]

On Thu, 10 Nov 2016, Patrick Dowler wrote:

> Well, the VOTable xsd says that value in MIN/MAX is any string, so
> interpretation
> is completely up to the parser or application. I don't see any reason that  any

That in itself is not a persuasive argument.  The XSD does not constrain
the content of TD elements either, but it doesn't mean that you're
allowed to put anything in there.  For VOTable the XSD is a useful
tool for some purposes, but it is not definitive of what is permitted.

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