[Bug 8983] New: Section 4.1 is unclear about language requirements

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=8983

           Summary: Section 4.1 is unclear about language requirements
           Product: HTML WG
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: PC
               URL: http://dev.w3.org/html5/rdfa/#specifying-the-language-
                    for-a-literal
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: HTML+RDFa (editor: Manu Sporny)
        AssignedTo: msporny@digitalbazaar.com
        ReportedBy: mjs@apple.com
         QAContact: public-html-bugzilla@w3.org
                CC: mike@w3.org, public-html@w3.org,
                    msporny@digitalbazaar.com


Section 4.1 says:

"The lang attribute must be processed in the same manner as the xml:lang
attribute is in the XHTML+RDFa specification, Section 5.5: Sequence, step #3.

The rules for determining the language of a node are specified in the section
titled The lang and xml:lang attributes in the HTML5 specification."

It's unclear if this means lang and xml:lang must both be processed, only lang
must be processed, or processors are always supposed to use the HTML5
definition of "the language of a node". Please clarify which is required. I
assume the intent is that wherever XHTML+RDFa says to look at xml:lang,
XHTML+RDFa processors must instead use the HTML5 definition of "the language of
a node".


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Received on Sunday, 14 February 2010 06:47:41 UTC