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Contradictions for syntax of timezone offsets

The section "ASAM OpenSCENARIO XML / Specification / Introduction / Data types" mentions on the one hand: "ASAM OpenSCENARIO uses the XSD 1.0 data types [3] string, Boolean, dateTime, double, int, unsignedInt and unsignedShort" on the other hand, the time zone offset shall be provided according to RFC822 and the examples state "+100" and "+0100". However, the cited XSD reference states "timezoneFrag ::= 'Z' | ('+' | '-') (('0' digit | '1' [0-3]) ':' minuteFrag | '14:00')". In essence:

  • the XSD specification requires a colon like "+01:00" and therefore contradicts the example "+0100". It needs to be clarified, which one is correct.
  • the RFC822 (and actually there seems to be a newer RF1123 (https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1123.html)) require 4 digits for the time zone making the example "+100" incorrect