- From: Bjoern Hoehrmann <derhoermi@gmx.net>
- Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 17:17:28 +0200
- To: Tantek Çelik <tantek@cs.stanford.edu>
- Cc: public-css-testsuite@w3.org
* Tantek Çelik wrote: >> An element inherits language code information according to the following >> order of precedence (highest to lowest): >> * User agent default values and user preferences. >Since logically that last bullet point doesn't make any sense (since it has >nothing to do with the document), the better course of action is to still >file the bug, but also point out the problem with the spec, and file an >errata against HTML4 (stating that last bullet point doesn't make sense and >should be stricken), or actually... There are user agents that need to determine a language even if the author did not specify one, examples would include speech synthesis and text search as performed by search engines; the bullet point in the HTML 4.01 Recommendation allows for such applications which is a good thing since otherwise such applications would be either use- less (most web sites do not specify a language) or non-conforming. I am not sure how that would make more sense to you.
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