Re: Update on I18n-ISSUE-2: Why not using xml:lang?

I think the examples in Appendix A should use xml:lang rather than lang 
attributes.

RI


On 02/06/2011 08:28, Richard Ishida wrote:
> Thank you for your consideration of this comment. The i18n working group
> is not unanimously agreed that xml:lang will serve better than another
> attribute for indicating localization choices, but we will accept that
> you have given this thought and will not object to your moving forward
> as described in your response.
>
> On behalf of the i18n WG,
> RI
>
>
> PS: One personal comment: I noticed just now that when you hover over
>
> "The text elements MAY be given a lang attribute in the XML namespace
> [XML]."
>
> the highlighting covers only
>
> "The text elements MAY be given a lang attribute"
>
> I think it may lead to fewer mistakes on the part of the reader if you
> highlight the whole sentence, since the XML namespace part is crucial.
>
>
>
>
> On 01/06/2011 14:35, Chris Lilley wrote:
>> Hello public-i18n-core,
>>
>> Just to update you on this issue, your proposal to use @xml:lang
>> instead of @lang was accepted. We allowed old content to use @lang and
>> require new content to use @xml:lang.
>>
>> The editors draft has been updated as has the RelaxNG:
>>
>> Several elements store their data in text child elements; this is to
>> support localization. The text elements MAY be given a lang
>> attribute in the XML namespace [XML]. For backwards compatibility,
>> lang attributes in the default namepsace are also accepted in older
>> content, and SHOULD be treated the same as xml:lang. New content
>> SHOULD instead use xml:lang.
>>
>> http://dev.w3.org/webfonts/WOFF/spec/#Metadata
>>
>>
>> It would be great if you could send an email message to www-font
>> acknowledging that this responds to your comment (for our last call
>> tracking purposes). We are now under some time pressure to close out
>> last call.
>>
>

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Richard Ishida
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W3C (World Wide Web Consortium)

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Received on Thursday, 2 June 2011 07:35:46 UTC