Re: Input to BP 15 http://www.w3.org/International/its/techniques/its-techniques.html#AuthLang

Hi Christian,

thanks for you comments, these all look good to me.

Felix

Lieske, Christian wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I had a look at "Best Practice 15: Specify the language of the content".
>
> Please find my high-level feedback below.
>
> Cheers,
> Christian
> ===
>
> 1. We do not mention what should be done in case “xml:lang” is not being
> used. One recommendation which could apply in this case could be: “use
> its:langRule”.
>
> 2. We may want to provide a note along the following lines:
>
> Note: In many cases, a change in language poses challenges for translation.
> Examples: The content where the language changes possibly must not be
> translated. Accordingly, you may want to work with the ITS data categories
> "translate" and/or "localization note".
>
> 3. We may want to mention that in many environments (especially if Content
> Management Systems are involved) “xml:lang” for the root element is set
> automatically.
>
> 4. Attributes also count
>
> Quote> The elements without declaration inherit the language information
> from their parents.
>
> That’s only part of the story according to
> "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml/#sec-lang-tag" which reads
>
> --
> The language specified by xml:lang applies to the element where it is
> specified (including the values of its attributes), and to all elements in
> its content unless overridden with another instance of xml:lang.
> --
>
> 5. The example could be more explicit
>
> Quote> In this example, the main content of the document is in English,
> while a short citation is identified as being in French.
>
> We could change and add as follows “…while a short citation (in the ‘q’
> element) is identified as being in French. Thus, ‘xml:lang’ is set to ‘fr’.”
>
> 6. I guess an item related to localization would be good for "Why doing
> this" part. Possibly, something like the note I suggest at 2. could work.
>
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