[ink] i18n LC comment: Text/<language>

Comment from the i18n review of:
http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-InkML-20061023/

Comment 5
At http://www.w3.org/International/reviews/0612-inkML/
Editorial/substantive: S
Owner: RI

Location in reviewed document:
6.3.1 Annotation element

Comment: 
"Some text may also require a script specification (such as Kanji, Katakana, or Hiragana) in addition to the language."


It isn't clear whether the script designation applies to the markup content or to the traces.


Again, BCP 47-based language tags now support script subtags as part of a language tag (see
Language tags in HTML and XML [http://www.w3.org/International/articles/language-tags/]).


Why is language specified as part of the content of the contentCategory annotation, rather than via a language attribute on the annotation element, or even the trace and related elements?


Again, that we strongly feel that BCP 47 should be used after Text/ if language is described in this way, to allow for the notation to be recognized across applications. 

Received on Tuesday, 9 January 2007 17:14:19 UTC