Re: meta content-language

Ian Hickson 2008-08-21 03.36:
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>> Also, the Content language selection algorithm in 4.2.5.3 makes no 
>> mention of <html lang=.. as a way of identifying the default language, 
>> which it actually does if it is present, since it has higher priority 
>> than HTTP metadata.
> 
> <html lang=""> only sets the language for the content of the <html> 
> element, it doesn't set the language for, e.g., comment nodes outside the 
> <html> element. See the definition of lang="" in HTML5 for details. 

	
So, is the idea is that if we have this code:

<!-- This is English, actually! -->
<DOCTYPE html>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="ru">

Then the META element declares that the comment is in Russian?

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leif halvard silli

Received on Friday, 22 August 2008 00:27:27 UTC