[Bug 16520] Don't indicate that XML MIME types *requires* xml:lang

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=16520

Manu Sporny <msporny@digitalbazaar.com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
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--- Comment #1 from Manu Sporny <msporny@digitalbazaar.com> 2012-08-19 21:16:42 UTC ---
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Status: Fixed/Answered

Change Description: 

Fixed the nit you had (s/their/his\her/)

Rationale:

The nit submitted was correct.

> They might very well not understand XHTML. 
> But is that related to the MIME type?

No, it doesn't have to always be related to MIME type. RDFa processors often
put themselves into XML or non-XML mode when processing, one of the ways that
they can do this is based on MIME type. In non-XML mode, they shouldn't pay
attention to xml:lang. So, if an author marks up their snippet using "xml:lang"
and that snippet shows up in an HTML5 document processed in non-XML mode, then
the "xml:lang" value would be ignored. This is why we tell authors to specify
both.

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Received on Sunday, 19 August 2012 21:16:45 UTC