Re: Updated Working Draft "Best Practices for XML Internationalization"

That works.

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> >     >> Include <http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml/#sec-lang-tag>xml:lang in
> >     your DTD or schema to allow to specify the natural language of the
> >     content
> >     >=>
> >     >Where necessary, include
> >     <http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml/#sec-lang-tag>xml:lang in your DTD
> >     or schema to allow to specify the natural language of the content.
> >     >
> >     >[why? because an XML document that just has locale-independent
> >     information like inventory counts of part numbers doesn't want to
> >     have this. Ditto below.]
> >
> >     Agreed, but the wording should be different. "where necessary"
> >     doesn't
> >     say anything specific. I'd go for a wording more along the following
> >     lines:
> >
> >     Include <http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml/#sec-lang-tag>xml:lang in
> >     your DTD or schema to allow to specify the natural language of the
> >     content for all elements that may contain natual language.
> >
> >
> > That really doesn't capture it. If your DTD doesn't have natural
> > language content, there is no need for xml:lang.
>
> I would prefer Martin's wording and add after "may contain natrual
> language.": "If your DTD doesn't have natural language content, there is
> no need for xml:lang."
>
> The "may contain" is important since there are cases which depend on the
> actual use, like the <code> element in HTML.
>
> Felix
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