[DDI-SRG] Question on byte order in ProprietaryRecordLayout and/or binary data formats
Joachim Wackerow
joachim.wackerow at gesis.org
Fri Mar 7 14:05:11 EST 2008
Pascal,
This is correct, thanks.
Then it should stay just below RecordLayout, where CharacterSet is
defined. Also just below ProprietaryRecordLayout.
What do you think?
Achim
Pascal Heus wrote:
> Achim:
> BTW, this is a property of the PhysicalInstance or the
> PhysicalDataProduct, should not go under DataFormat.
> *P
>
> Joachim Wackerow wrote:
>> Pascal,
>>
>> would byte order (endianess) be important for ProprietaryRecordLayout
>> and/or binary data formats? This can be important in special cases or
>> am I wrong?
>>
>> If it is required, a sub-element ByteOrder (bigEndian, littleEndian,
>> middleEndian) below r:DataFormat should be added.
>>
>> Background: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endianness
>>
>> Achim
>>
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