[OASIS Issue Tracker] Created: (ODATA-256) Simplify numeric data types

Simplify numeric data types
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                 Key: ODATA-256
                 URL: http://tools.oasis-open.org/issues/browse/ODATA-256
             Project: OASIS Open Data Protocol (OData) TC
          Issue Type: Improvement
          Components: OData CSDL v1.0
    Affects Versions: WD01
            Reporter: Ralf Handl
             Fix For: WD01


Computer history has provided us with a growing number of numeric data types, and quite a few of them are reflected in Edm primitive types.

Integer types:
- Byte (0..2^8)
- SByte
- Int16
- Int32
- Int64
- Decimal Scale=0

Fixed-point types
- Decimal --> not sure yet if this is fixed or floating point, see ODATA-76

Floating-point types
- Decimal --> not sure yet if this is fixed or floating point, see ODATA-76
- Single
- Double

Missing numeric types
- Quadruple == binary128
- DECFLOAT in various lengths

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