20.1.10.3 ST_Angle

This simple type represents an angle in 60,000ths of a degree. Positive angles are clockwise (i.e., towards the positive y axis); negative angles are counter-clockwise (i.e., towards the negative y axis).

This simple type’s contents are a restriction of the W3C XML Schema int datatype.

[Note: The W3C XML Schema definition of this simple type’s content model (ST_Angle) is located in A.4.1. end note]