[whatwg] Simple numbers

Lachlan Hunt lachlan.hunt at lachy.id.au
Wed Jun 7 18:58:43 PDT 2006


Michel Fortin wrote:
>     <n dec=",">123 456 789,12</n>
> ...
>     <n base="16">329F 2CA0</n>

What about using it to mark up roman numerals as well?  Or, I guess, any 
other number system in the world?

   <n>MMVI</n>

Of course, people could use the roman numerals in Unicode: U+2160 to 
U+2183, but most people don't know they exist and it's much more 
convenient to type regular letters.

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Lachlan Hunt
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