RE: ITS and XHTML 1.0

These are quick notes from a very cursory look:

I think the input element needs some additional work based on the type
attribute.  I think that in some cases the value attribute should *not* be
translated, since this is typically what is passed to scripts.

Hmm. The termrule for dt might be assuming too much. I rarely use dt for
terminology.

Why do we have so many withinText rules.  Why not just one?

What maps to xml:lang in practise depends on how the file is served.  If
served as text/html, then lang attribute is what counts, because that is all
that browsers recognise.  If served as application/xhtml+xml, then xml:lang
counts.  Both should be present in XHTML 1.0.  The XHTML 1.0 spec says that
xml:lang has priority over lang.

RI

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: public-i18n-its-request@w3.org 
> [mailto:public-i18n-its-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Yves Savourel
> Sent: 13 March 2006 21:08
> To: public-i18n-its@w3.org
> Subject: ITS and XHTML 1.0
> 
> 
> ITS and XHTML 1.0
> 
> Here is a try at XHTML with ITS. I've used the proposed 
> notation. This is a possible ITS documentRule to handle XHTML 
> files: (I
> though I had posted this altready, but can't find it in the 
> mail archives, so here is it)
> 
> 
> <?xml version="1.0"?>
> <its:documentRules xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its">
> 
>  <!-- Namespace -->
>  <its:ns its:prefix="h" its:uri="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"/>
> 
>  <!-- Elements not to translate -->
>  <its:translateRule its:selector="//h:del" its:translate="no"/>
>  <its:translateRule its:selector="//h:script" its:translate="no"/>
>  <its:translateRule its:selector="//h:style" its:translate="no"/>
> 
>  <!-- Special attributes: Note that some choices are just 
> guess based on personal experience, for example I think hidden <input>
> fields are usually not transltable, but that may not be the 
> case all the time. -->
>  <its:translateRule its:selector="//h:*/@abbr" its:translate="yes"/>
>  <its:translateRule its:selector="//h:*/@accesskey" 
> its:translate="yes"/>
>  <its:translateRule its:selector="//h:*/@alt" its:translate="yes"/>
>  <its:translateRule its:selector="//h:*/@prompt" its:translate="yes"/>
>  <its:translateRule its:selector="//h:*/@standby" 
> its:translate="yes"/>
>  <its:translateRule its:selector="//h:*/@summary" 
> its:translate="yes"/>
>  <its:translateRule its:selector="//h:*/@title" its:translate="yes"/>
>  <its:translateRule its:selector="//h:input/@value" 
> its:translate="yes"/>
>  <its:translateRule 
> its:selector="//h:input[@type='hidden']/@value" its:translate="no"/>
>  <!-- Often-used translatable meta content. -->
>  <its:translateRule 
> its:selector="//h:meta[@name='keywords']/@content" 
> its:translate="yes"/>
>  <its:translateRule 
> its:selector="//h:meta[@name='description']/@content" 
> its:translate="yes"/>
> 
>  <!-- Terminology helper -->
>  <its:termRule its:selector="//h:dt" its:term="yes"/>
>  
>  <!-- XHTML 1.1 bidi markup -->
>  <its:dirRule its:selector="//h:*[@dir='ltr']" its:dir="ltr"/>
>  <its:dirRule its:selector="//h:*[@dir='rtl']" its:dir="rtl"/>
>  <its:dirRule its:selector="//h:bdo[@dir='ltr']" its:dir="lro"/>
>  <its:dirRule its:selector="//h:bdo[@dir='rtl']" its:dir="rlo"/>
> 
>  <!-- Elements within text -->
>  <its:withinTextRule its:selector="//h:abbr | //h:acronym | 
> //h:br | //h:cite"/>
>  <its:withinTextRule its:selector="//h:code | //h:dfn //h:em 
> | //h:strike | //h:u"/>
>  <its:withinTextRule its:selector="//h:kbd | //h:q | //h:samp 
> | //h:span"/>
>  <its:withinTextRule its:selector="//h:strong | //h:var | 
> //h:b | //h:isindex"/>
>  <its:withinTextRule its:selector="//h:big | //h:hr | //h:i | 
> //h:small | //h:sub"/>
>  <its:withinTextRule its:selector="//h:sup | //h:tt" //h:del 
> | //h:ins | //h:bdo"/>
>  <its:withinTextRule its:selector="//h:img | //h:a | //h:font 
> | //h:center | //h:s"/>
> 
>  <!-- Language mapping not sure about the value for langMap, 
> shouldn't it "//*/@lang"? -->
>  <its:langRule its:langMap="@lang" />
> 
>  <!-- There is no ruby markup in XHTML 1.0 -->
>  
> </its:documentRules>
> 
>

Received on Wednesday, 15 March 2006 13:45:19 UTC