RE: lang("en-us")

The reference to a "sublanguage" occurs in the summary of the fn:lang
function description, which explains the overall intended purpose. The
detailed mechanics of the function are described a few paragraphs below, as
follows:

"...the function returns true if and only if the string-value of the
relevant xml:lang attribute is equal to $testlang based on a caseless
default match as specified in section 3.13 of [The Unicode Standard], or if
the string-value of the relevant testlang attribute contains a hyphen, "-"
(The character "-" is HYPHEN-MINUS, #x002D) such that the part of the
string-value preceding that hyphen is equal to $testlang, using caseless
matching."

So with xml:lang="en-us-ca" in scope, lang("en"), lang("en-us"), and
lang("en-us-ca") should all return true, as will expressions such as
lang("en-US").

(I don't know if there was a good reason for it to use the string-value of
the attribute rather than the typed-value, but it does. Using the
string-value means you can't rely on leading and trailing spaces being
trimmed.)

(personal response)

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/



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> [mailto:public-qt-comments-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of zia
> Sent: 05 December 2006 13:41
> To: public-qt-comments@w3.org
> Subject: fn:lang("en-us")
> 
> Hi,
> 
> What should be the output of my expression fn:lang("en-us") 
> if xml:lang="en-us-ca" is specified for my context node.
> Should "en-us-ca" be considered as the sub language of 
> "en-us" or not ?
> 
> Thanks and Regards,
> Zia
> 
> 
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Received on Tuesday, 12 December 2006 10:51:16 UTC