only convert numeric looking things if they don't have a leading 0

src/main/java/edu/ucsb/nceas/mdqengine/processor/XMLDialect.java

@@ -258,7 +258,6 @@ public Result runCheck(Check check) throws XPathExpressionException {
 				result.setStatus(Status.ERROR);
 				result.setOutput(new Output(e.getMessage()));
 			}
-			//dispatcher.close();
 
 		} else {
 			// we just skip instead
@@ -361,6 +360,7 @@ private Object selectPath(Selector selector, Node contextNode) throws XPathExpre
 
 		// select one or more values from document
 		String selectorPath = selector.getXpath();
+
 		XPath xpath = xPathfactory.newXPath();
 
 		// combine the found namespaces and any additional ones asserted by selector.
@@ -454,22 +454,28 @@ else if (nodes.getLength() > 0 || selector.getSubSelector() != null) {
 	/*
 	 * Retype an object based on a few simple assumptions. A "String" value is
 	 * typically passed in. If only numeric characters are present in the String,
-	 * then
-	 * the object is caste to type "Number". If the string value appears to be an
-	 * "affermative" or "negative" value (e.g. "Y", "Yes", "N", "No", ...) then the
-	 * value is caste to "Boolean".
+	 * then the object is caste to type "Number". If the string value appears to
+	 * be an "affirmative" or "negative" value (e.g. "Y", "Yes", "N", "No", ...)
+	 * then the value is caste to "Boolean".
 	 */
 	public static Object retypeObject(Object value) {
 		Object result = value;
-		// type the value correctly
-		if (NumberUtils.isNumber((String) value)) {
-			result = NumberUtils.createNumber((String) value);
-		} else {
-			// relies on this method to return null if we are not sure if it is a boolean
-			Boolean bool = BooleanUtils.toBooleanObject((String) value);
-			if (bool != null) {
-				result = bool;
+
+		if (value instanceof String) {
+			String stringValue = (String) value;
+			// try to type the value correctly
+			if (NumberUtils.isNumber(stringValue) && !stringValue.matches("^0\\d*$")) {
+				// If it's a valid number and doesn't start with zeros, create a Number object
+				result = NumberUtils.createNumber(stringValue);
+			} else {
+				// try to convert to bool
+				Boolean bool = BooleanUtils.toBooleanObject((String) value);
+				// if it worked, return the boolean, otherwise the original result is returned
+				if (bool != null) {
+					result = bool;
+				}
 			}
+
 		}
 
 		return result;