- From: Dave Singer <singer@apple.com>
- Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 14:52:59 -0700
- To: "Glenn A. Adams" <gadams@xfsi.com>
- Cc: W3C Public TTWG <public-tt@w3.org>
Comment: Issue #10 [1]; 22 Apr 2005 20:44:52 +0200 7.1.1) Why must xml:lang be specified? Isn't omitting it the same as defining it to be the empty string? Response: The goal is to strongly encourage authors and authoring systems to be explicit about language. Specifying xml:space="" is not the same as not specifying xml:space. The former is an explicit authorial expression of "no default language"; the latter leaves authorial intention unexpressed. We wish to enforce some intentional expression even if it is "no default language". ==> that should read xml:lang, not xml:space. And it may be worth saying that the author can use "mul" or "und" for multiple or undetermined, when they are determined to be indeterminate. -- David Singer Apple Computer/QuickTime
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