RE: [SMIL3.0] i18n comment : Define xml:lang in smilText element

Thank you.  We are satisfied with your response.

For the i18n WG.

RI

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Richard Ishida
Internationalization Lead
W3C (World Wide Web Consortium)
 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: public-i18n-core-request@w3.org 
> [mailto:public-i18n-core-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Richard Ishida
> Sent: 24 October 2007 14:02
> To: public-i18n-core@w3.org
> Cc: www-smil@w3.org
> Subject: [SMIL3.0] i18n comment : Define xml:lang in smilText element
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tmichel@w3.org [mailto:tmichel@w3.org]
> Sent: 23 October 2007 10:08
> To: Richard Ishida
> Cc: www-smil@w3.org
> Subject: Re: [SMIL3.0] i18n comment : Define xml:lang in 
> smilText element
> 
> 
>  Dear Richard Ishida ,
> 
> The SYMM Working Group has reviewed the comments you sent [1] 
> on the Last
> Call Working Draft [2] of the Synchronized Multimedia 
> Integration Language
> (SMIL 3.0) published on 13 Jul 2007. Thank you for having 
> taken the time to
> review the document and to send us comments!
> 
> The Working Group's response to your comment is included below.
> 
> Please review it carefully and let us know by email at 
> www-smil@w3.org if
> you agree with it or not before 02 nov 2007. In case of 
> disagreement, you
> are requested to provide a specific solution for or a path to 
> a consensus
> with the Working Group. If such a consensus cannot be 
> achieved, you will be
> given the opportunity to raise a formal objection which will then be
> reviewed by the Director during the transition of this 
> document to the next
> stage in the W3C Recommendation Track.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> For the SYMM Working Group,
> Thierry Michel
> W3C Staff Contact
> 
>  1. http://www.w3.org/mid/20070830201146.7978E4F0AF@homer.w3.org
>  2. http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-SMIL3-20070713/
> 
> 
> =====
> 
> Your comment on 8. SMIL 3.0 smilText:
> > Comment from the i18n review of:
> > http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-SMIL3-20070713/
> > 
> > Comment 1
> > At http://www.w3.org/International/reviews/0708-smil30/
> > Editorial/substantive: S
> > Owner: AP
> > 
> > Location in reviewed document:
> >  
> > 8 [http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-SMIL3-20070713/smil-text.html]
> > 
> > Comment: 
> > smilText does not define the xml:lang attribute. Thus there 
> is no way 
> > to indicate the language of a piece of text. This is a significant 
> > limitation, since many rendering, text processing, and text 
> selection 
> > applications depend on language identification. Please add the 
> > xml:lang attribute.
> 
> 
> Working Group Resolution:
> Although not explicitly re-stated in the smilText modules, xml:lang is
> defined for use within the Structure Module, and is thus 
> available for use
> within smilText. This will be made clear in the CR draft.
> 
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