[Bug 5974] New: Language tag sameness should probably be ASCII case-insensitive

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=5974

           Summary: Language tag sameness should probably be ASCII case-
                    insensitive
           Product: HTML WG
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: Spec bugs
        AssignedTo: dave.null@w3.org
        ReportedBy: hsivonen@iki.fi
         QAContact: public-html-bugzilla@w3.org
                CC: ian@hixie.ch, mike@w3.org, public-html@w3.org


The sameness language in the spec for lang, xml:lang and the other xml:lang
requires exact sameness of the attribute value.

Since language tags are ASCII case-insensitive, the spec should probably be
relaxed to require ASCII case-insensitive sameness.


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Received on Tuesday, 19 August 2008 07:21:10 UTC