Dear Wiki user, You have subscribed to a wiki page or wiki category on "ESW Wiki" for change notification. The following page has been changed by YvesSavourel: http://esw.w3.org/topic/its0505ReqAttrAndTrans ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ * Translatable attributes can create problems when they are prepared for localization because they can occur within the content of a translatable element, breaking it into different parts, and possibly altering the sentence structure. - * The language selection mechanism applies to the content of the element where it is declared, including its attribute values. If the text in an attribute is in a different language than the text of the element content, one cannot set the language for both correctly. + * The language identification mechanism (i.e. xml:lang) applies to the content of the element where it is declared, including its attribute values. If the text of an attribute is in a different language than the text of the element content, one cannot set the language for both correctly. - * In some languages bidirectional markers may be needed to provide a correct display. Tags cannot be used within an attribute value. One can use Unicode control characters instead, but this is not recommended (see the W3C Note and Unicode Technical Report [http://www.w3.org/TR/unicode-xml/ Unicode in XML & Other Markup Languages]). + * In some languages, bidirectional markers may be needed to provide a correct display. Tags cannot be used within an attribute value. One can use Unicode control characters instead, but this is not recommended (see the W3C Note and Unicode Technical Report [http://www.w3.org/TR/unicode-xml/ Unicode in XML & Other Markup Languages]). Example 1:Received on Friday, 12 August 2005 13:48:31 GMT
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