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cleanup based on Richard's feedback.
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=== When to use ''xml:lang'' ===
- XML 1.0 defines a common attribute ''xml:lang'' which indicates the natural language of the content of an element using the language tags defined by RFC 3066 or its successor. That is, the ''xml:lang'' identifies the language of text or other content (including embedded objects such as an image or sound file) contained by the element. The ''xml:lang'' value applies to any sub-elements contained by the element. Attribute values associated with the element and its descendant elements also are associated with the ''xml:lang'' (though using natural language in attributes is '''not''' best practice). Thus ''xml:lang'' is used to indicate the language of some content in or referenced by an XML document.
+ XML 1.0 defines a common attribute ''xml:lang'' which identifies the language of text or other content (including embedded objects such as an image or sound file) contained by the element in which it appears. The ''xml:lang'' value applies to any sub-elements contained by the element and attribute values associated with the element and its descendant elements also are associated with the ''xml:lang'' (though using natural language in attributes is '''not''' best practice). The value of the ''xml:lang'' attribute is a language tag defined by RFC 3066 or its successor.
- For example, in XHTML 1.0, there is an ''hreflang'' attribute in the <a> element and also an ''xml:lang'' (or ''lang'' attribute, in the case of HTML) for the content of the <a> element:
+ For example, in XHTML 1.0, there is an ''hreflang'' attribute in the <a> element and also an ''xml:lang'' (or ''lang'' attribute, in the case of HTML 4.0) for the content of the <a> element:
{{{<a xml:lang="en" href="xyz" hreflang="de">
Click for German
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