- From: Michael Cooper <michaelc@watchfire.com>
- Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 10:11:12 -0500
- To: "WAI WCAG List" <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
I think there is nothing wrong with providing the "lang" attribute on the <body> element, but I think we should still require it on the <html> element. This is a place we can expect user agents to be consistent in looking for the attribute. Also, there are elements in the <head> section of the document that require language information, such as the title, description, keywords, and potentially others. While it possible to see the attribute on those individually, I just think it is good practice to have the attribute at the highest level possible. Michael > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris Ridpath [mailto:chris.ridpath@utoronto.ca] > Sent: February 11, 2005 2:54 PM > To: WAI WCAG List > Cc: y.p.hoitink@heritas.nl; Michael Cooper > Subject: [techs] Test 49 Suggestion > > > Yvette suggested that another way to pass test 49 [1] would > be to put a lang > attribute on the body tag. e.g. <body lang="nl> > > Should we permit this? Or do we always require that the HTML lang > attribute(s) be set? > > Chris > > [1] http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/WCAG20/tests/test49.html > >
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